Nutritional status and weight gain in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-166

  Kennedy, ^a,d   Ramsay, A ^a   Uiso, L ^b   Gutmann, J ^a   Ngowi, F I ^c   Gillespie, S H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kibongoto National TB Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029926959     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90123-6     Document Type: Article

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