Knowledge and attitude towards tuberculosis in a slum community of Delhi

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Singh, M Meghachandra ^a   Bano, Tanveer ^a   Pagare, Deepti ^a   Sharma, Nandini ^a   Devi, Reeta ^b   Mehra, M ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b New Delhi Tuberculosis Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY; CROWDING; DIET; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITION; READING; SCIENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1242287597     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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