Delayed presentation and treatment of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Leung, Eric C C ^a   Leung, C C ^a   Tam, C M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Time factors; Tuberculosis, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOPTYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34250319654     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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