Delayed treatment of diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chern, Jimmy P S ^a,b   Chen, Duan Rung ^b,c   Wen, Tzai Hung ^b  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Building of Public Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; THERAPY DELAY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 48249147882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-236     Document Type: Article

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