Prevelance of pulmonary tuberculosis in Karachi juvenile jail, Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 667-674

  Shah, S A ^a   Mujeeb, S A ^b   Mirza, A ^c   Nabi, K G ^d   Siddiqui, Q ^e  

^a Sindh AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c BRIDGE   (Pakistan)

^d TB Control Programme   (Pakistan)

^e Juvenile Jail   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; ADDICTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; OCCUPATION; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH; VENTILATION;

EID: 16844362276     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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