Are official reports sufficient? Official registration rates of patients with tuberculosis in Sivas, Middle Anatolia

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 434-440

  Ozsahin, S L ^a   Akkurt, I ^a   Ozdemir, L ^a   Dogan, O T ^a   Atalan, A ^a   Kocoglu, F ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Incidence; Pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Registration system

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EURASIA; SIVAS [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33646175360     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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