Tuberculosis situation among tribal population of Car Nicobar, India, 15 years after intensive tuberculosis control project and implementation of a national tuberculosis programme

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 836-843

  Murhekar, M V ^a   Kolappan, C ^b   Gopi, P G ^b   Chakraborty, A K ^c   Sehgal, S C ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; India; Medically underserved area; National health programs organization and administration; TB, Pulmonary epidemiology prevention and control ethnoloy

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; CAR NICOBAR; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; NICOBARS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 9644295798     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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