Defaulting from tuberculosis treatment in the Netherlands: Rates, risk factors and trend in the period 1993-1997

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Borgdorff, M W ^a   Veen, J ^a   Kalisvaart, N A ^a   Broekmans, J F ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^b  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defaulting; Risk factors; Treatment interruption; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRISONERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033880848     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.16b05.x     Document Type: Article

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