Tuberculosis case-finding and treatment in the central prison of Qazvin province, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-263

  Assefzadeh, Mina ^a   Barghi, R Gh ^a   Shahidi, Sh S ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; SPUTUM; STATISTICS;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249138928     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.2.258     Document Type: Article

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