Childhood tuberculosis in an urban population in South Africa: Burden and risk factor

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 433-437

  Van Rie, A ^a   Beyers, N ^a   Gie, R P ^a   Kunneke, M ^a   Zietsman, L ^a   Donald, P R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing world; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032920015     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.5.433     Document Type: Article

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