Capacity building for international tuberculosis control through operations research training

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Laserson, K F ^a   Binkin, N J ^b   Thorpe, L E ^c   Laing, R ^d   Iademarco, M F ^a   Bloom, A ^e   Agerton, T B ^c   Nelson, L ^a   Cegielski, J P ^a   Ferroussier, O ^a   Holtz, T ^a   Vitek, E ^a   Gammino, V ^a   Tan, K ^a   Finlay, A ^a   Dewan, P ^a   Miranda, A ^a   Aquino, G ^a   Weyer, K ^f   Sy, D N ^g   Vernon, A ^h   Becerra, J ^a   Ershova, J ^a   Wells, C D ^a   more..

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

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

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

Author keywords

Capacity building; Epidemiology; Operations research; Training; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 20044381869     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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