Adherence of private practitioners with the national tuberculosis treatment guidelines in Pakistan: A survey report

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-19

  Hussain, Azhar ^a   Mirza, Zafar ^a   Qureshi, Farrukh A ^a   Hafeez, Assad ^b  

^a Network for Consumer Protection   (Pakistan)

^b KRL Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PYRIDOXINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 16444376126     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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