Socio Economic Position in TB Prevalence and Access to Services: Results from a Population Prevalence Survey and a Facility-Based Survey in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hossain, Shahed ^a   Quaiyum, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Zaman, Khalequ ^a   Banu, Sayera ^a   Husain, Mohammad Ashaque ^b   Islam, Mohammad Akramul ^c   Cooreman, Erwin ^d   Borgdorff, Martien ^e   Lönnroth, Knut ^d   Salim, Abdul Hamid ^f   van Leth, Frank ^e,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b DGHS   (Bangladesh)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Damien Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^g KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866905745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044980     Document Type: Article

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