Dots in Japan - Tokyo area

Kekkaku

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 749-753

  Toyota, Emiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOT; DOTS; TB control; Treatment completion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TOKYO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035749116     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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