Mortality among tuberculosis patients in the netherlands in the period 1993-1995

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 816-820

  Borgdorff, M W ^a   Veen, J ^a   Kalisvaart, N A ^a   Nagelkerke, N ^b  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age cohort analysis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mortality; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031745964     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040816     Document Type: Article

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