Erratum to: Engaging General Practitioners in Public–Private Mix Tuberculosis DOTS Program in an Urban Area in Pakistan: Need for Context-Specific Approach (Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, (2015), 27, 2, (NP984-NP992), 10.1177/1010539513483828);Engaging general practitioners in public-private mix tuberculosis dots program in an urban area in Pakistan: Need for context-specific approach

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP984-NP992

  Pethani, Amin ^a   Zafar, Mubashir ^a   Khan, Adeel Ahmed ^a   Rabbani Sana, Unaib ^a   Ahmed, Sana ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

DOTS; National Tuberculosis Programme; Pakistan; public private mix; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

COOPERATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE SECTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84926353049     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539519868064     Document Type: Erratum

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