Is the DOTS strategy sufficient to achieve tuberculosis control in low- and middle-income countries? 1. Need for interventions in universities and medical schools

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Caminero, Jose A ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b Hospital General de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

DOTS; Education; Medical schools; Tuberculosis control; Universities

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNIVERSITY;

DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCOME; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0037834628     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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