Active community surveillance of the impact of different tuberculosis control measures, Tiruvallur, South India, 1968-2001

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Subramani, R ^a   Santha, T ^a   Frieden, T R ^b   Radhakrishna, S ^c   Gopi, P G ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a   Sadacharam, K ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Research in Medical Statistics   (India)

Author keywords

Community surveys; Disease control; DOTS; Epidemiology; Mass chest X ray; Rifampicin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN; RURAL HEALTH; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUVALLUR;

EID: 34447317803     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl216     Document Type: Article

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