Initial default among sputum-positive pulmonary TB patients at a referral hospital in Uttarakhand,India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 558-565

  Mehra, Darshan ^a   Kaushik, Rajeev M ^a   Kaushik, Reshma ^a   Rawat, Jagdish ^a   Kakkar, Rajesh ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DOTS; India; Initial default; Loss to follow up; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INITIAL DEFAULT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

DOTS; INDIA; INITIAL DEFAULT; LOSS TO FOLLOW-UP; PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889032423     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt065     Document Type: Article

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