Economic burden of tuberculosis in patients attending DOT centres in Delhi

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Ray, T K ^a   Sharma, N ^a   Singh, M M ^a   Ingle, G K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Economic burden; India; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646247839     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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