Urban movement and alcohol intake strongly predict defaulting from tuberculosis treatment: An operational study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sendagire, Ibrahim ^a   van der Loeff, Maarten Schim ^b,c   Kambugu, Andrew ^d   Konde Lule, Joseph ^d   Cobelens, Frank ^b,e  

^a Kampala Capital City Authority   (Uganda)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^e AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHANGE OF RESIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICA; PATIENT; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84860491768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035908     Document Type: Article

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