Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in the private sector, Vietnam

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 562-564

  Hoa, Nguyen B ^a   Cobelens, Frank G J ^b   Sy, Dinh N ^a   Nhung, Nguyen V ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   Tiemersma, Edine W ^b,d  

^a National Tuberculosis Program   (Viet Nam)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952332027     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101468     Document Type: Letter

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