Factors affecting defaulting from DOTS therapy under the national programme of tuberculosis control in Alexandria, Egypt;Facteurs liés à l'abandon du traitement DOTS dans le cadre du programme national de lutte antituberculeuse à Alexandrie (Égypte)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Nour El Din, M ^a   Elhoseeny, T ^b   Mohsen, A M M A ^c  

^a HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED SMART UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84922686864     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.2.107     Document Type: Article

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