Impact of mass media on knowledge about tuberculosis control among homemakers in Delhi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 893-897

  Sharma, A K ^a   Sharma, Rahul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Impact; Mass media; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BILLBOARD; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; TELEVISION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547762150     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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