Social course patterns of urban dwellers with tuberculosis under Fragile living conditions in Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 167-175

  Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Watanabe, Masafumi ^a   Inose, Tomoko ^a   Seino, Kaoruko ^a   Kawabe, Yoshiko ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Drug resistance; Fragile living; Treatment interruption; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOKYO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746372180     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.167     Document Type: Article

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