Are we really that good at treating tuberculosis?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-139

  Cox, Helen S ^a   Ford, Nathan ^b   Reeder, John C ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 60449083475     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70025-8     Document Type: Letter

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