Development of housing programs to aid in the treatment of tuberculosis in homeless individuals: A pilot study

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-223

  Lobue, Philip A ^a   Cass, Robert ^b   Lobo, Diana ^a   Moser, Kathleen ^a   Catanzaro, Antonino ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Directly observed therapy; Homelessness; Supervised housing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032937113     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.218     Document Type: Article

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