Management of tuberculosis patients in the urban setting: Health service delivery and health care-seeking behaviour;Prise en charge des patients souffrant de la tuberculose en milieu urbain : Offre de soins et parcours thérapeutique

Sante Publique

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 647-653

  Yakam, André Nana ^a   Noeske, Juergen ^b   Angumua, Carrine ^c   Bowong, Samuel ^a   Fono, Louis Aimé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b Programme Germano Camerounais Santé/Sida ^*  (Cameroon)

^c Faculte s des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Health careseeking behaviour; Spatial distribution; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893314615     PISSN: 09953914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/spub.135.0647     Document Type: Article

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