Are community surveys to detect tuberculosis in high prevalence areas useful? Results of a comparative study from Tiruvallur District, South India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 258-265

  Santha, T ^a   Renu, Garg ^a   Frieden, T R ^a   Subramani, R ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Rajeswari, R ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a   Kolappan, C ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Case finding; DOTS; India; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037344542     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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