Barriers to completion of tuberculosis treatment among prisoners and former prisoners in St Petersburg, Russia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1027-1033

  Fry, Rebecca S ^a,f   Khoshnood, K ^b   Vdovichenko, E ^c   Granskaya, J ^d   Sazhin, V ^c   Shpakovskaya, L ^e   Zhemkov, V ^e   Zhemkova, M ^e   Rowhani Rahbar, A ^b   Funk, M ^a   Kozlov, A ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Russian Ministry of Justice/GUIN   (Russian Federation)

^d Saint Petersburg Institute of Pharmacy   (Russian Federation)

^e City Oncology Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Multidrug resistance; Prevention; Prisoners; Russia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SOCIAL WELFARE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27644489772     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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