Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in four provinces of Argentina

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Zerbini, Elsa ^a,g   Chirico, M C ^b   Salvadores, B ^c   Amigot, B ^d   Estrada, S ^e   Algorry, G ^f  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Reg Tuberculosis Control Program   (Argentina)

^c Tuberculosis Programme   (Argentina)

^d Tuberculosis Programme   (Argentina)

^e Tuberculosis Programme   (Argentina)

^f Tuberculosis Programme   (Argentina)

^g National Institute of Respiratory Diseases   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Risk factors; Treatment delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 38349032587     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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