The perspective of private practitioners regarding tuberculosis case detection and treatment delay in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yimer, Solomon A ^a,b,c   Hansen, Carol Holm ^a   Bjune, Gunnar A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Amhara Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; private practitioners; treatment delay; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051499580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-285     Document Type: Article

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