Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with chronic kidney disease in northern Tanzania: A community-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Stanifer, John W ^a,b   Turner, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Egger, Joseph R ^b   Thielman, Nathan ^a,b   Karia, Francis ^c   Maro, Venance ^c   Kilonzo, Kajiru ^c   Patel, Uptal D ^a,b   Yeates, Karen ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976292809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156336     Document Type: Article

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