Knowledge and attitudes of tuberculosis management in San Juan de Lurigancho district of Lima, Peru

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Kiefer, Elizabeth ^a   Shao, Theresa ^b   Carasquillo, Olveen ^c   Nabeta, Pamela ^d,e   Seas, Carlos ^d  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Peru; Providers; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERU; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649143485     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.335     Document Type: Article

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