Determining the burden of tuberculosis in Eritrea: A new approach

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 593-599

  Sebhatu, Mineab ^a   Kiflom, Bahlbi ^a   Seyoum, Melles ^a   Kassim, Nuredin ^a   Negash, Tesfazion ^a   Tesfazion, Andeberhan ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   Van Der Werf, Marieke J ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SMEAR; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548206330     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.038604     Document Type: Article

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