Diagnostic and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yimer, Solomon ^a,b   Bjune, Gunnar ^b   Alene, Getu ^c  

^a Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 29244447182     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-112     Document Type: Article

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