Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India.
SETTING: Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC...
Main Authors: | Shanta Achanta, Jyoti Jaju, Ajay M V Kumar, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Sasidhar Kumar Bandi, Ashok Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Anthony David Harries, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Puneet K Dewan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742777?pdf=render |
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