Durations and delays in care seeking, diagnosis and treatment initiation in uncomplicated pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in Mumbai, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Mistry, Nerges ^a   Rangan, Sheela ^a,b   Dholakia, Yatin ^a   Lobo, Eunice ^a   Shah, Shimoni ^a   Patil, Akshaya ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962159347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152287     Document Type: Article

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