Interruption and defaulting of multidrug therapy against leprosy: Population-based study in Brazil's Savannah region

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,b   Chichava, Olga André ^a   de Oliveira, Alexcian Rodrigues ^a   Häfner, Kathrin ^c   Walther, Friederike ^d   de Alencar, Carlos Henrique Morais ^a   Ramos Jr , Alberto Novaes ^a   Ferreira, Adriana Cavalcante ^e   Ariza, Liana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e State Leprosy Control Program   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957974340     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001031     Document Type: Article

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