Changes in body weight and tuberculosis treatment outcome in Viet Nam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Lauritsen, J M ^b,c   Rieder, H L ^d,e  

^a Viet Nam National Hospital for Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c EpiData Association   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body weight; Treatment card; Tuberculosis; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871232023     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0369     Document Type: Article

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