Attendance versus compliance with tuberculosis treatment in an occupational setting - A pilot study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1517-1521

  Mqoqi, Nokuzola P ^a   Churchyard, Gavin A ^b   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Williams, Brian ^a  

^a Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GOLD; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MINING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031456219     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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