A descriptive study of tuberculosis case finding in private health care facilities in a South Indian district

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1455-1458

  Chadha, V K ^a   Praseeja, P ^a   Gupta, J ^a   Ahmed, J ^a   Sharada, M A ^a   Srivastava, R ^a   Gowda, U ^a   Magesh, V ^a   Singh, S ^a   Suganthi, P ^a   Lakshminarayana, K ^a   Kumar, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary TB; India; Private health care facilities; Pulmonary TB; Revised National TB control programme

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETREATMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSING HOMES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911379606     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0228     Document Type: Article

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