Cohort analyses of the treatment of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients under programme conditions in Korea, 1983-1994

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 365-371

  Hong, Y P ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Lew, W J ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Lee, E K ^a  

^a Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cohort analyses; Korea; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031865259     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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