Effectiveness of urban community volunteers in directly observed treatment of tuberculosis patients: A field report from Haryana, North India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 800-802

  Singh, Alka Aggarwal ^a   Parasher, D ^b,c   Shekhavat, G S ^b,c   Sahu, S ^a   Wares, D F ^a   Granich, R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b District TB Centre   (India)

^c Government of Haryana   (India)

Author keywords

Community volunteers; DOT; DOTS programme; Urban

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTEER;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INDIA; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 2942549117     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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