Evaluation of task shifting in community-based DOTS program as an effective control strategy for tuberculosis

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 2178-2186

  Gabriel, André P ^a   Mercado, Charles P ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; directly observed treatment short course; tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 81455142881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2011/984321     Document Type: Article

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