Physician compliance with national tuberculosis treatment guidelines: A university hospital study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-230

  Arif, K ^a   Ali, S A ^a   Amanullah, S ^a   Siddiqui, I ^a   Khan, J A ^a   Nayani, P ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Physician compliance; Tuberculosis; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIFAMPIN; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031892373     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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