Mortality in successfully treated tuberculosis patients in southern Ethiopia: Retrospective follow-up study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 866-871

  Datiko, Daniel G ^a,b   Lindtjorn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Southern Nations   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Mortality; Standard mortality ratio; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHIOPIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953647556     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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