Mortality of tuberculosis patients in Chennai, India

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to measure the mortality rate and excess general mortality as well as identify groups at high risk for mortality among a cohort of tuberculosis patients treated in Chennai Corporation clinics in south India. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study we followed up 2674 patients...

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Main Authors: C Kolappan, R Subramani, K Karunakaran, PR Narayanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000700017&lng=en&tlng=en