Delays in seeking treatment for symptomatic tuberculosis in Sabah, East Malaysia: Factors for patient delay

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1231-1238

  Rundi, Christina ^a,b   Fielding, K ^b   Godfrey Faussett, P ^b   Rodrigues, L C ^b   Mangtani, P ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Malaysia; Patient delay; Sabah; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051686331     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0585     Document Type: Article

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