The study of tuberculosis-attributed deaths as a tool for disease control planning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 855-859

  Selig, L ^a,b,c   Belo, M T C T ^a,d   Teixeira, E G ^a,c,d   Cunha, A J L A ^c   Brito, R ^c   Sanches, K ^c   Luna, A L ^d   Muller, M ^b   Gamba, C ^b   Belo, C ^a   Vento, F ^a   Trajman, Anete ^a,d  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Serra Dos Orgãos University   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Souza Marques Foundation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Death; Mortality; Program evaluation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141746076     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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