Control of tuberculosis by community health workers in Bangladesh

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9072, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R ^a   Chowdhury, Sadia ^a   Islam, Md Nazrul ^a   Islam, Akramul ^a   Vaughan, J Patrick ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030825294     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)11311-8     Document Type: Article

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