Why wait? The social determinants underlying tuberculosis diagnostic delay
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Why wait? The social determinants underlying tuberculosis diagnostic delay
BACKGROUND Early detection and diagnosis of tuberculosis remain major global priorities for tuberculosis control. Few studies have used a qualitative approach to investigate the social determinants contributing to diagnostic delay and none have compared data collected from individual, community, and health-system levels. We aimed to characterize the social determinants that contribute to diagno...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185018