Are alcohol and drug addiction risk factors for default from tuberculosis treatment? Preliminary work for a case-control study including tuberculosis patients from Berlin and Hamburg, 2001-2009;Sind Alkohol- und Drogenabhängigkeit Risikofaktoren für den Abbruch einer Tuberkulosebehandlung? - Vorarbeiten zu einer Fall-Kontroll-Studie von Berliner und Hamburger Patienten der Jahre 2001-2009

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Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 909-911

  Castell, S ^a   Diel, R ^a   Loddenkemper, R ^a   Glaser Paschke, G ^b   Stang, A ^c  

^a Deutsches Zentralkomitee Zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose ^*  (Germany)

^b Bezirksamt Lichtenberg von Berlin   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

causal diagrams; DAG; directed acyclic graphs; sensitivity analysis; treatment default; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655167287     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: 14394421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291200     Document Type: Article

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