Short-term incarceration for the management of noncompliance with tuberculosis treatment

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Burman, William J ^a,b,c   Cohn, David L ^a,b   Rietmeijer, Cornelis A ^a,b   Judson, Franklyn N ^a,b   Sbarbaro, John A ^b   Reves, Randall R ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Directly observed therapy; Homelessness; Incarceration; Noncompliance; Tubercolosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROL SYSTEM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE CLUSTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELAPSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030858536     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.1.57     Document Type: Article

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