Knowledge and awareness of tuberculosis among Roma population in Belgrade: A qualitative study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vukovic, Dejana S ^a   Nagorni Obradovic, Ljudmila M ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD; HAND; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; REST; SALIVA; SERBIA; STRESS; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80054812744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-284     Document Type: Article

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