Predictors on delay of initial health-seeking in new pulmonary tuberculosis cases among migrants population in east china

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Li, Xinxu ^a   Jiang, Shiwen ^a   Li, Xue ^a   Mei, Jian ^b   Zhong, Qiu ^c   Xu, Weiguo ^d   Li, Jun ^a   Li, Weibin ^a   Liu, Xiaoqiu ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Wang, Lixia ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Tuberculosis Research Institute of Guangdong Province   (China)

^d JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84863149975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031995     Document Type: Article

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