Long-term trends in tuberculosis: Comparison of age-cohort data between Hong Kong and England and Wales

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 484-488

  Tocque, Karen ^a   Bellis, Mark A ^b   Tam, Cheuk M ^b   Chan, Shiu L ^b   Syed, Qutub ^b   Remmington, Tracey ^b   Davies, Peter D O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031821058     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9709125     Document Type: Article

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