Profile of notified tuberculosis cases and factors associated with treatment dropout

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Paixão, Lúcia Miana M ^a,c   Gontijo, Eliane Dias ^b  

^a Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Disease notification; Incidence; Risk factors; Tuberculosis, epidemiology; Tuberculosis, treatment dropout

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34147113483     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102007000200006     Document Type: Article

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