Attitudes towards tuberculosis and sources Of tuberculosis-related information: Study on Patients in outpatient settings in split, croatia

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Jurcev Savičević, Anamarija ^a  

^a Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Split Dalmatia County   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Croatia; Social stigma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE; CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855171592     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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