Factors causing delay of access to tuberculosis diagnosis among new, active tuberculosis patients: A prospective cohort study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-41

  Shu, Wen ^a,c   Chen, Wei ^b   Zhu, Shiyu ^a   Hou, Yongchun ^a   Mei, Jian ^d   Bai, Liqiong ^e   Xu, Weiguo ^f   Zhou, Lin ^g   Nie, Shaofa ^a   Cheng, Shiming ^b   Xu, Yihua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF WUHAN   (China)

^d SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Centers for Disease Control of Hunan Province   (China)

^f JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g Research Center for Diabetes Care of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

diagnosis delay; influencing factors; pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENCING FACTORS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPUTUM; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS DELAY; INFLUENCING FACTORS; PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892609729     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513502523     Document Type: Article

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