Erratum: Estimating tuberculosis burden and case detection in Pakistan (International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2014) 18, 1 (55-60) DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0198);Estimating tuberculosis burden and case detection in pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-60

  Fatima, Razia ^a   Harris, R J ^b   Enarson, D A ^c,d   Hinderaker, S G ^e   Qadeer, E ^a   Ali, K ^a   Bassilli, A ^f  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Program   (Pakistan)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capture Recapture analysis; Record Linkage; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84892573351     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0198-e     Document Type: Erratum

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