Knowledge regarding management of tuberculosis among General Practitioners in northern areas of Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 174-176

  Shehzadi, Romana ^a   Irfan, Muhammad ^a   Zohra, Tatheer ^a   Khan, Javaid Ahmed ^a   Hussain, Syed Fayyaz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23844498178     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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