Why are tuberculosis patients not treated earlier? A study of informal health practitioners in Bangladesh

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-651

  Rifat, Mahfuza ^a   Rusen, I D ^b   Islam, Md A ^a,b   Enarson, D A ^b   Ahmed, F ^a   Ahmed, S M ^a   Karim, F ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Delay; Informal practitioner; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954561634     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0205     Document Type: Article

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