What 'outliers' tell us about missed opportunities for tuberculosis control: A cross-sectional study of patients in Mumbai, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pradhan, Anagha ^a   Kielmann, Karina ^b   Gupte, Himanshu ^c   Bamne, Arun ^d   Porter, John D H ^b   Rangan, Sheela ^a  

^a Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

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

^c Inter Aide Development India   (India)

^d Mumbai District TB Control Society   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952364838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-263     Document Type: Article

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