What causes diagnosis delay in tuberculosis?;Quels éléments retardent le diagnostic de tuberculose?

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-489

  Tattevin, Pierre ^a,b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862076732     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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