Patients' beliefs: Do they affect tuberculosis control? A study in a rural district of South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1075-1082

  Edginton, M E ^a   Sekatane, C S ^b   Goldstein, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Provincial Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Beliefs; Presentation; South Africa; Traditional healers; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036927996     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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