Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey among health care workers and tuberculosis patients in Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 718-731

  Hashim, D S ^a   Al Kubaisy, W ^b   Al Dulayme, A ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^b Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 16844387216     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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