Health-care seeking behaviour for tuberculosis symptoms in Croatia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-577

  Jurcev Savicevic, Anamarija ^a   Kardum, Goran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROATIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROATIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864550045     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr132     Document Type: Article

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