Can the poor adhere? Incentives for adherence to TB prevention in homeless adults

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-91

  Tulsky, Jacqueline P ^a,d   Hahn, J A ^a   Long, H L ^a   Chambers, D B ^b   Robertson, M J ^c   Chesney, M A ^b   Moss, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless; Incentives; Latent tuberculosis infection; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; RIFAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1642434474     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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