Perception of tuberculosis among general patients of tertiary care hospitals of Bengal

Lung India

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-324

  Das, Palash ^a   Basu, Mausumi ^b   Dutta, Sinjita ^b   Das, Debasis ^c  

^a Midnapore Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c Division of Gynecologic Oncology   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; general patients; literacy association; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; READING; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84870268634     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.102799     Document Type: Article

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