Are the statistical data from Benin's National Tuberculosis Programme reliable?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-439

  Trebucq A ^a   Zellweger, J P ^b   Kassa, F ^c   Lambregts, K ^d   Gninafon, M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b Ligue Pulmonaire Suisse   (Switzerland)

^c National Tuberculosis Programme   (Benin)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benin; Cohort analysis; Data quality; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BENIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LABORATORIES; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77950326536     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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