The delay in diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Monteregie region of Quebec, Canada

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-131

  Lacroix, Caroline ^a,c   Martin, Philippe ^a   Turcotte, Sebastien ^a   DeRoche, Steven ^a   Magluilo, Vanessa ^a   Lacroix, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Publique de la Montérégie   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consequences of delay; Delay of diagnosis; Immigration; Treatment delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 63049088199     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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