Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Barennes, Hubert ^a   Keophithoun, Thongdam ^a   Nguyen, Tuan H ^a   Strobel, Michel ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DYSPNEA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LAOS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERWEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956477670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-265     Document Type: Article

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