Reasons for delay in seeking care for tuberculosis, Republic of Armenia, 20062007

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schneider, Dana ^a,b   McNabb, Scott J N ^b   Safaryan, Marina ^c   Davidyants, Vladimir ^d   Niazyan, Ludmila ^d   Orbelyan, Sona ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Mission East International Relief and Development Organization   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953515757     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/412624     Document Type: Article

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