Factors affecting delay in initiation of treatment of tuberculosis in the Thames Valley, UK

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-177

  Saldana, L ^a   Abid, M ^a   McCarthy, N ^a   Hunter, N ^a   Inglis, R ^a   Anders, K ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delays; Health service; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNICITY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; TRUST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; THAMES VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878218642     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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