Risk factors associated with death in patients who initiate treatment for tuberculosis after two different follow-up periods Fatores de risco associados com o óbito em pacientes que iniciam o tratamento para a tuberculose após dois diferentes períodos de seguimento

Risk factors associated with death in patients who initiate treatment for tuberculosis after two different follow-up periods Fatores de risco associados com o óbito em pacientes que iniciam o tratamento para a tuberculose após dois diferentes períodos de seguimento

INTRODUCTION: Mortality from tuberculosis, which should be a rare event, still affects a large portion of the population of developing countries. In this context, Recife, a city in the northeast of Brazil where this study was developed, has the highest tuberculosis mortality rates of the Brazilian c...

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Main Authors: Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Marília Sá Carvalho, George Tadeu Nunes Diniz, Laura Cunha Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2009-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
Subjects:
Tuberculose
Óbito
Coorte
Análise de sobrevida
Tuberculosis
Death
Cohort study
Survival analysis
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