Standardized interventions in international health: Procrustes, where are you now?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1162-1164

  Maher, Dermot ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; HIV; International; Interventions; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349248030     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02363.x     Document Type: Review

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