Tuberculosis control needs a complete and patient-centric solution

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pai, Madhukar ^a   Yadav, Prashant ^b,c   Anupindi, Ravi ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84897099621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70198-6     Document Type: Note

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