Compliance with anti-tuberculosis preventive therapy among 6-year-old children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-213

  Alperstein, Garth ^a   Morgan, Keira R ^b   Mills, Kay ^c   Daniels, Lorraine ^d  

^a Queen Mary Building   (Australia)

^b S E Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c Glebe Community Health Centre   (Australia)

^d Canterbury Community Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TABLET; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0031925496     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01174.x     Document Type: Article

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