Eight years of tuberculosis research in Hlabisa - What have we learned?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032984029     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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