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Urban Movement and Alcohol Intake Strongly Predict Defaulting from Tuberculosis Treatment: An Operational Study
BACKGROUND: High levels of defaulting from treatment challenge tuberculosis control in many African cities. We assessed defaulting from tuberculosis treatment in an African urban setting. METHODS: An observational study among adult patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis receiving treatm...
Autores principales: | Sendagire, Ibrahim, Schim Van der Loeff, Maarten, Kambugu, Andrew, Konde-Lule, Joseph, Cobelens, Frank |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035908 |
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