Efficacy of DOTS strategy in treatment of respiratory tuberculosis in Gorgan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 664-669

  Abassi, A ^a   Mansourian, A R ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COUGH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; ISONIAZID; MALE; PREVALENCE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; RURAL HEALTH; SPUTUM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34447646918     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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