Lost to follow up from tuberculosis treatment in an urban informal settlement (Kibera), Nairobi, Kenya: What are the rates and determinants?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Kizito, Kibango Walter ^a   Dunkley, Sophie ^a   Kingori, Magdalene ^b   Reid, Tony ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lost to follow up; Tuberculosis treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; WORK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78649717369     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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