Factors associated with the household contact screening adherence of tuberculosis patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-340

  Tornee, Songpol ^a   Kaewkungwal, Jaranit ^a,c   Fungladda, Wijitr ^a   Silachamroon, Udomsak ^a   Akarasewi, Pasakorn ^b   Sunakorn, Pramuan ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 20444497326     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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