Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Lebanon

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 774-777

  Kalaajieh, Wassim K ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lebanon; Lung diseases; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0032834684     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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