Tuberculosis: Do we know enough? A study of patients and their families in an out-patient hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1052-1058

  Ali, S S ^a   Rabbani, Fauziah ^a   Siddiqui, U N ^a   Zaidi, A H ^a   Sophie, A ^a   Virani, S J ^a   Younus, N A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Knowledge; Pakistan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0242583996     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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