Low tuberculosis case detection in Gokwe North and South, Zimbabwe in 2006

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-196

  Chadambuka, A ^a   Mabaera, B ^a   Tshimanga, M ^a   Shambira, G ^a   Gombe, N T ^a   Chimusoro, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Case detection; Gokwe North and South; Tuberculosis; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; ZIMBABWE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79961001320     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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