Tuberculosis in a developing country - how much patients know about disease

• Authors: Miroslav Ilic , Vesna Kuruc , Slobodan Pavlovic , Ivan Kopitovic , Svetlana Kasikovic-Lecic , Biljana Zvezdin , Bojan Zaric , Marija Kojicic
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Knowledge; Tuberculosis; Questionnaire; Socioeconomic status

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 249-257

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2012

online

3 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

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Miroslav Ilic

• Policlinic department, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Vesna Kuruc

• Policlinic department, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Slobodan Pavlovic

• Clinic for tuberculosis, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Ivan Kopitovic

• Urgent Pulmonology Clinic, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Svetlana Kasikovic-Lecic

• Clinic for tuberculosis, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Biljana Zvezdin

• General Pulmonology Clinic, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Bojan Zaric

• Pulmonary Oncology Clinic, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Serbia

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Marija Kojicic

• Urgent Pulmonology Clinic, Institut for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica, Institutski put, 421204, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0124-z