Demographic and clinical characteristics in relation to patient and health system delays in a tuberculosis low-incidence country

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Leutscher, Peter ^a   Madsen, Gitte ^a   Erlandsen, Mogens ^b   Veirum, Jens ^a   Ladefoged, Karin ^c   Thomsen, Vibeke ^d   Wejse, Christian ^a   Hilberg, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Dronning Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Demography; Health system delay; Patient delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84555194680     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.608081     Document Type: Article

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