Diagnostic delays in access to tuberculosis care in counties with or without the National Tuberculosis Control Programme in rural China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 784-790

  Xu, Biao ^a,b   Jiang, Q W ^a   Xiu, Y ^a   Diwan, V K ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Delay; National Tuberculosis Control Programme; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23744484903     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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