Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment;Membros familiares e profissionais de saúde na supervisão do tratamento da tuberculose

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Macie, Ethel Leonor Noia ^a   Guidoni, Leticia Molino ^a   Brioshi, Ana Paula ^a   do Prado, Thiago Nascimento ^a   Fregona, Geisa ^a   Hadad, David Jamil ^a   Molino, Lucilia Pereira ^a   Palaci, Moises ^a   Johnson, John L ^a   Dietze, Reynaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cohort studies; Family nursing; Home nursing; Homebound persons; Medication therapy Management; Nursing; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953983430     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102010000200015     Document Type: Article

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