Chronic diseases in North-West Tanzania and Southern Uganda. Public perceptions of terminologies, aetiologies, symptoms and preferred management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Nnko, Soori ^a   Bukenya, Dominic ^b   Kavishe, Bazil Balthazar ^d   Biraro, Samuel ^b   Peck, Robert ^d,e,f   Kapiga, Saidi ^d   Grosskurth, Heiner ^c   Seeley, Janet ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^e WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84953257022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142194     Document Type: Article

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