Tuberculosis in Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 791-792

  Stead, William W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031657314     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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