Factors affecting patient delay of diagnosis and completion of direct observation therapy, short-course (DOTS) among the migrant population in Shandong, China

BioScience Trends

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 122-128

  Tobe, Ruoyan Gai ^a   Xu, Lingzhong ^a   Zhou, Chengchao ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Geng, Hong ^b   Wang, Xingzhou ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tuberculosis Control Center of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

China; Direct observation therapy; Migrant population; Short course (DOTS); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CHINA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84880581492     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/bst.2013.v7.3.122     Document Type: Article

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