Delay in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: A report from Afghanistan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Sabawoon, Wrishmeen ^a   Sato, Hajime ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Delay; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861306484     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0219-9     Document Type: Article

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