Factors related to patient delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Estonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1017-1022

  Pehme, Lea ^a   Rahu, Kaja ^b,c   Rahu, Mati ^b,c   Altraja, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ESTONIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33845303989     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600809994     Document Type: Article

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