Health-seeking behaviour among adults with prolonged cough in Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1260-1267

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Tiemersma, E W ^b   Sy, D N ^a   Nhung, N V ^a   Vree, M ^c   Borgdorff, M W ^d   Cobelens, F G J ^e  

^a National Tuberculosis Programme Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Patient delay; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MUCUS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 80052887149     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02823.x     Document Type: Article

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