Private practitioners approach to the diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in southern India

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 611-613

  Pattanshetty, Sanjay ^a   Kondagunta, Nagaraj ^a   Kamath, Asha ^a   Bairy, Ramachandra ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Private practitioner; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77956935372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2010.367     Document Type: Article

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