Accuracy and completeness of recording of confirmed tuberculosis in two South African communities

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Dunbar, Rory ^a   Lawrence, K ^a   Verver, S ^b,c   Enarson, D A ^d   Lombard, C ^e   Hargrove, J ^a   Caldwell, J ^f   Beyers, N ^a   Barnes, J M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case registration; Initial defaulters; Record linking; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79951639972     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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