Socio-demographic determinants of stigma among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages

  Abioye, I A ^a   Omotayo, M O ^b   Alakija, W ^c  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b Centre for African Resources Research and Development   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aids; Disclosure; Stigma; Tuberculosis; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80053629034     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v11i3.70078     Document Type: Article

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