Delay and completion of tuberculosis treatment: a cross-sectional study in the West Midlands, UK | Zendy

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Delay and completion of tuberculosis treatment: a cross-sectional study in the West Midlands, UK

Author(s) -

Hamira Sultan,

Shamil Haroon,

Naveed Syed

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fds046

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , cross sectional study , confidence interval , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , demography , epidemiology , white british , north west , public health , pediatrics , environmental health , geography , population , physics , nursing , pathology , sociology , optics , physical geography

TB remains a significant problem in the UK with the West Midlands having the highest incidence after London. Treatment is usually for a minimum of 6 months and requires a high level of compliance. We investigated potential determinants of delays and completion of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in the West Midlands, UK.

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