Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the Latin-American immigrant population of tuberculosis in the Community of Madrid;Conocimientos, actitudes y percepciones de la población inmigrante latinoamericana enferma de tuberculosis en la Comunidad de Madrid

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-200

  Barbero, Belén Sanz ^a   Hernández, Teresa Blasco ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Immigration; Knowledge; Perception; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67349097175     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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