The epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases in Hiroshima Prefecture

Kekkaku

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Shigeto, Eriko ^a   Sato, Hiroe ^b   Kawahara, Sin ^b   Kuraoka, Toshihiko ^b   Miyazawa, Teruomi ^b  

^a National Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence rate by age; Nontuberculous mycobacteriosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 0029743262     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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