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Direct costs of illness of patients with chronic cough in rural Malawi—Experiences from Dowa and Ntchisi districts

INTRODUCTION: Chronic cough is a distressing symptom and a common reason for people to seek health care services. It is a symptom that can indicate underlying tuberculosis (TB) and/or chronic airways diseases (CAD) including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchiectasis. In...

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Autores principales:	Sichali, Junious M., Khan, Jahangir A. K., Gama, Elvis M., Banda, Hastings T., Namakhoma, Ireen, Bongololo, Grace, Thomson, Rachael, Stenberg, Berthe, Squire, S. Bertel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31891576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225712

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