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Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems in Afar region. Lack of knowledge about TB could...
Autores principales: | Legesse, Mengistu, Ameni, Gobena, Mamo, Gezahegne, Medhin, Girmay, Shawel, Dawit, Bjune, Gunnar, Abebe, Fekadu |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20380747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-187 |
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