Pasting together the preventive therapy puzzle

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Skinner, D ^a   Mandalakas, Anna M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Latent tuberculosis infection; Paediatrics; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872361112     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0230     Document Type: Article

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