Tuberculosis treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up among TB patients with or without HIV in developing countries: A systematic review

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Tola, Habteyes Hailu ^a   Tol, Azar ^a   Shojaeizadeh, Davoud ^a   Garmaroudi, Gholamreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lost to follow up; Non adherence; TB patients; Tuberculosis treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921944576     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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