Scottish national survey of tuberculosis notifications 1993 with special reference to the prevalence of HIV seropositivity

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-81

  Leitch, A G ^a   Rubilar, M ^a   Curnow, J ^b   Boyd, G ^c   Forbes, G I ^d   Burns, S ^e   Watt, B ^e  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Environmental Health (Scotland) Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; HIV; Scotland; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030067948     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.1.78     Document Type: Article

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