Monitoring predictors of mortality: A necessary action to reach TB elimination

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 295-298

  Pontali, E ^a   Centis, R ^b   D'Ambrosio L ^b,c   Migliori, G B ^b  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Public Health Consulting Group SAGL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

EASTERN EUROPE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85009232067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21735115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2015.10.007     Document Type: Editorial

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