Treatment outcome in children with tuberculosis in southern Ethiopia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Muoňz Sellart, Montserrat ^a   Yassin, Mohammed A ^a,b   Tumato, Million ^c   Merid, Yared ^c   Cuevas, Luis E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Southern Region Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ETHIOPIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 72149112183     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902865736     Document Type: Article

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