Tuberculosis and HIV in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 699-705

  Gillini, L ^a   Seita, A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 14744274331     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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