Patient and disease characteristics, and outcome of treatment defaulters from the Singapore TB control unit - A one-year retrospective survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 496-503

  Chee, C B E ^a,b   Boudville, I C ^b   Chan, S P ^b   Zee, Y K ^a   Wang, Y T ^a  

^a Tuberculosis Control Unit   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Defaulter; Home visit; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034088194     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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