Perceptions and beliefs about cough and tuberculosis and implications for TB control in rural Rwanda

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1108-1113

  Ngang, Peter Nchotu ^a,e   Ntaganira, J ^b   Kalk, A ^c   Wolter, S ^d   Ecks, S ^d  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit   (Rwanda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cough; Health seeking behaviour; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COUGH; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35348970467     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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