EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS: TWELVE YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF A COMMUNITY-WIDE CONTROLLED TRIAL WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SAMPLING METHOD
In 1956 a controlled trial of chemoprophylaxis against tuberculosis was launched in Greenland. Medication, either isoniazid (INH) or placebo, was given on a community basis, so that all inhabitants in one village received the same drug. The dosage of INH was low and intermittent, a total of 2200 mg...
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Oxford University Press
1974
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| Online Access: | http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/99/5/333 |