Achievements in and challenges of tuberculosis control in South Korea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1913-1920

  Kim, Ji Han ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84944565235     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.141894     Document Type: Article

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