Implementation of RNTCP in a private medical college: Five years' experience

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Arora, Vijay ^a   Jaiswal, Ashish K ^a   Gupta, Sonisha ^a   Gupta, Mohan B ^a   Jain, Vidhushi ^a   Ghanchi, Firoz ^b  

^a SANTOSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of TB and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

DOTS; Private Private Mix; RNTCP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84867189899     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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