Tuberculosis in medical doctors - A study of personal experiences and attitudes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-180

  Naidoo, A ^a   Naidoo, S ^a   Gathiram, P ^a   Lalloo, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GOUT; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INSOMNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84874671379     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6266     Document Type: Article

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