Diagnosis and outcome of childhood tuberculosis: Implementing public health policy in three districts of Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 872-877

  Safdar, Nauman ^a,b   Hinderaker, S G ^b,c   Baloch, N A ^d   Enarson, D ^c   Khan, M A ^a   Morkve, O ^b  

^a House 12   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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

^d National Tuberculosis Control Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Outcome; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953641247     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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