Evaluation of tuberculosis control programme in Khartoum State for the year 2006

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Ahmed Suleiman, M M ^a   Aro, A R ^a   Sodemann, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

case detection; control; DOTS; evaluation; smear positive; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDAN; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 58549107418     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808097172     Document Type: Article

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