Delay in DOTS for new pulmonary tuberculosis patient from rural area of Wardha District, India

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bawankule, Shilpa ^a   Zahiruddun, Quazi Syed ^b   Gaidhane, Abhay ^b   Khatib, Nazli ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DOTS treatment delays; Health seeking behavior; RNTCP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955835310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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