Gender differentials in tuberculosis: The role of socio-economic and cultural factors

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 391-400

  Hudelson, P ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0029800357     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(96)90110-0     Document Type: Review

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