Delayed tuberculosis treatment in urban and suburban Ontario

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 244-248

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a   Wobeser, Wendy ^b   Tu, Jack V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delay; Quality indicator; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBURBAN AREA; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 57349157737     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/289657     Document Type: Article

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