A randomised study of two policies for managing default in out-patients collecting supplies of drugs for pulmonary tuberculosis in a large city in South India

Tubercle

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 103-112

  Krishnaswami, K V ^a   Somasundaram, P R ^b   Tripathy, S P ^b   Vaidyanathan, B ^b   Radhakrishna, S ^c   Fox, Wallace ^d  

^a Institute of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases ^*  (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c Institute for Research in Medical Statistics   (India)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMANS; INDIA; ISONIAZID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0019491226     PISSN: 00413879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(81)90017-9     Document Type: Article

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