Gender and community views of stigma and tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-71

  Atre, S ^a   Kudale, A ^a   Morankar, S ^a   Gosoniu, D ^b   Weiss, M G ^b  

^a Foundation for Research in Community Health India   (India)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender; India; People without TB; Stigma; TB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649845950     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903334240     Document Type: Article

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