Gender differences and tuberculosis in the Syrian Arab Republic: Patients' attitudes, compliance and outcomes

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 757-768

  Bashour, H ^a   Mamaree, F ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Ministry of Health   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WOMEN;

EID: 16844385394     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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