Diagnostic delay and its factors in access to tuberculosis care in northern rural Jiangsu province

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Wang, Wei Bing ^a   Xiu, Yan ^a   Jiang, Wei Li ^a   Jiang, Qing Wu ^a   Xu, Biao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnostic; TB control program; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 33644831227     PISSN: 16728467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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