National survey of tuberculosis prevalence in Viet Nam;Enquête nationale sur la prévalence de la tuberculose au Viet Nam

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-280

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Sy, Dinh Ngoc ^a   Nhung, Nguyen Viet ^a   Tiemersma, Edine W ^b   Borgdorff, Martien W ^c   Cobelens, Frank G J ^c  

^a National Tuberculosis Program   (Viet Nam)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; RURAL AREA; TESTING METHOD; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950809227     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.067801     Document Type: Article

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