Gender perspectives on knowledge and practices regarding tuberculosis in urban and rural areas in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 732-740

  Agboatwalla, M ^a   Kazi, G N ^b   Shah, S K ^c   Tariq, M ^a  

^a Health Oriented Preventive Education Karachi   (Pakistan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c TB Control Programme   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 16844369136     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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