Factors associated with delays in treatment initiation after tuberculosis diagnosis in two districts of India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Paul, Durba ^a   Busireddy, Arundhathi ^b   Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina ^a   Satyanarayana, Srinath ^c   Dewan, Puneet Kumar ^a   Nair, Sreenivas Achutan ^c   Sarkar, Silajit ^a   Ahmed, Quazi Toufique ^a   Sarkar, Shakuntala ^d   Shamrao, Sreenivas Rao Motta ^e   Harries, Anthony David ^c,f   Oeltmann, John Ethan ^g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b District TB Office   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d District TB Center   (India)

^e Government of Andhra Pradesh   (India)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863609381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039040     Document Type: Article

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