Nonadherence in tuberculosis treatment: Predictors and consequences in New York City

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-170

  Pablos Méndez, Ariel ^a,b,d   Knirsch, Charles A ^a   Barr, R Graham ^a   Lerner, Barron H ^b   Frieden, Thomas R ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MPH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 18544411711     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00402-0     Document Type: Article

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