Which patients are able to adhere to tuberculosis treatment? A study in a rural area in the Northwest part of Turkey

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-158

  Balbay, Oner ^a   Annakkaya, Ali Nihat ^a   Arbak, Peri ^a   Bilgin, Cahit ^a   Erbas, Mete ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 23844486301     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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