Patient knowledge, practices and challenges to health care system in early diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Mfinanga, S G M ^a,b   Morkve, O ^a   Sviland, L ^a,c   Kazwala, R R ^d   Chande, H ^e   Nilsen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 26944443154     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i4.9277     Document Type: Article

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