Tuberculosis and stigmatization: Pathways and interventions

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Courtwright, Andrew ^a   Turner, Abigail Norris ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955876004     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s407     Document Type: Article

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