Diagnostic defaulters: An overlooked aspect in the Indian Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-22

  Rawat, Jagdish ^a   Biswas, Debasis ^a   Sindhwani, Girish ^a   Kesharwani, Vikas ^a   Masih, Victor ^a   Chauhan, Bhupendra Singh ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Defaulter; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smear microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC DEFAULTER; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 84855992894     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1895     Document Type: Article

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