Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: Questionnaire Based Study in Oman

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Al Maniri, Abdullah A ^a,b   Al Rawas, Omar A ^b   Al Ajmi, Fatmah ^c   De Costa, Ayesha ^a   Eriksson, Bo ^d   Diwan, Vinod K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44949145153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-177     Document Type: Article

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