Postsanatorium pattern of antituberculous drug resistance in the Canadian-born population of Western Canada: Effect of outpatient care and immigration

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 903-911

  Long, Richard ^a,b   Chui, Linda ^a   Kakulphimp, Jocelyne ^a   Zielinski, Michele ^a   Talbot, James ^a   Kunimoto, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ISONIAZID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; RELAPSE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT TRACING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

CANADA;

EID: 0035339918     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.9.903     Document Type: Article

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