Early detection of tuberculosis through community-based active case finding in Cambodia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Eang, Mao Tan ^a   Satha, Peou ^a   Yadav, Rajendra Prasad ^b   Morishita, Fukushi ^b   Nishikiori, Nobuyuki ^b   Van Maaren, Pieter ^b   Weezenbeek, Catharina Lambregts Van ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAMBODIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862496498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-469     Document Type: Article

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