Health care-seeking behaviour among people with cough in Tanzania: Findings from a tuberculosis prevalence survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 640-646

  Senkoro, M ^a,b   Hinderaker, S G ^b   Mfinanga, S G ^a   Range, N ^a   Kamara, D V ^c   Egwaga, S ^c   Van Leth, F ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cough; Population based; Presumptive TB; Tanzania; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; COUGH; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COUGH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929430813     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0499     Document Type: Article

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