Role of private laboratories in tuberculosis detection in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1110-1118

  Masjedi, M R ^a   Asl, R T ^a   Fadaizadeh, L ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; IRAN; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 55149101318     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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