Completeness and Reliability of the Republic of South Africa National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Podewils, Laura Jean ^a,d   Bantubani, Nonkqubela ^b   Bristow, Claire ^a   Bronner, Liza E ^a,b   Peters, Annatjie ^a   Pym, Alexander ^b   Mametja, Lerole David ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84938878426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2117-3     Document Type: Article

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