Assessment of knowledge and practices of referring private practitioners regarding revised national tuberculosis control programme in nagpur city - a cross sectional study

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Khadse, Jyoti ^a   Bhardwaj, Sumit Dutt ^b   Ruikar, Manisha ^c  

^a Medical Officer   (India)

^b Chirayu Medical College   (India)

^c VN Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

India; Knowledge; Practices; Private Practitioner; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890605915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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