Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of tuberculosis among Maasai in Simanjiro District, Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 902-905

  Haasnoot, Pieter Jacob ^a,b,c,d   Boeting, Tijs Evert ^a,b,c,e   Kuney, Moignet Ole ^a,b,c,f   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Kilimanjaro Airport Medical Center   (Tanzania)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Leiden University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HERB; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT ROOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79958046360     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0061     Document Type: Article

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