Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis: The Harlem Hospital experience, 1993

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1146-1149

  El Sadr, Wafaa ^a,b   Medard, Frantz ^a   Barthaud, Vladimir ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029741308     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1146     Document Type: Article

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