Tuberculosis in African Americans: Clinical Characteristics and Outcome

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Funnyé, Allen S ^a,b   Ganesan, Kalpana ^a   Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031989584     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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