Family-member DOTS and community DOTS for tuberculosis control in Nepal: Cluster-randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9514, 2006, Pages 903-909

  Newell, James N ^a   Baral, Sushil C ^a,b   Pande, Shanta B ^b   Bam, Dirgh Sing ^c   Malla, Pushpa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Research and Social Development Forum International   (Nepal)

^c Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^d National Tuberculosis Centre   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644997367     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68380-3     Document Type: Article

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