Unpaid community volunteers - Effective providers of directly observed therapy (DOT) in rural South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Barker, R D ^a   Millard, F J C ^a   Nthangeni, M E ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0036075467     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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