Confusion, caring and tuberculosis diagnostic delay in Cape Town, South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-180

  Skordis Worrall, J ^a,b   Hanson, K ^b   Mills, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Health seeking behaviour; HIV; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049122575     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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