A long delay from the first symptom to definite diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Mirsaeidi, Seyed Mahdi ^a   Tabarsi, Payam ^b   Mohajer, Kiarash ^b   Falah Tafti, Saeid ^b   Jammati, Hamid Reza ^b   Farnia, Parissa ^b   Mansouri, Seyed Davood ^b   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lung; Treatment delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34247630054     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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