Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and socio-economic status: A prospective study in Duque de Caxias, Brazil

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 978-981

  Belo, M T C T ^a,b,c,d,e   Luiz, R R ^e,f   Teixeira, E G ^a,c,d,e   Hanson, C ^g   Trajman, A ^a,d,e  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Santa Casa da Misericórdia   (Brazil)

^c Souza Marques Foundation   (Brazil)

^d Tuberculosis Brazilian Network Rede TB   (Brazil)

^e Rio de Janeiro Tuberculosis Scientific League   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Poverty; SES; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958752744     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0706     Document Type: Article

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