Tuberculosis treatment in Denmark: Treatment outcome for all Danish patients in 1992

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 603-612

  Lillebaek, Troels ^a,c   Poulsen, S ^b   Kok Jensen, A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Naestvedgade 28 st tv   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort analyses; Denmark; Risk factors; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032812259     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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