Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and lower awash valley of afar region, Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Legesse, Mengistu ^a,b   Ameni, Gobena ^a   Mamo, Gezahegne ^a,b   Medhin, Girmay ^a   Shawel, Dawit ^c   Bjune, Gunnar ^b   Abebe, Fekadu ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Center for Minority Health Research   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVESTOCK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950646773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-187     Document Type: Article

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