Knowledge, experiences, and attitudes of medical students in Rome about tuberculosis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 865-874

  Laurenti, Patrizia ^a   Federico, Bruno ^b   Raponi, Matteo ^a   Furia, Giuseppe ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Damiani, Gianfranco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Clinical experience; Knowledge; Medical education; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84885933131     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889515     Document Type: Article

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