Pulmonary tuberculosis in prisons of the ex-USSR state Georgia: Results of a nation-wide prevalence survey among sentenced inmates

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1104-1110

  Aerts, A ^a   Habouzit, M ^a   Mschiladze, L ^a   Malakmadze, N ^a   Sadradze, N ^a   Menteshashvili, O ^a   Portaels, F ^a   Sudre, P ^a  

^a Intl Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Ex USSR; Prisons; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034525421     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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