Social factors associated with increases in tuberculosis notifications

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 541-545

  Tocque, K ^a   Regan, M ^b   Remmington, T ^a   Beeching, N J ^c   Jamieson, I ^d   Syed, Q ^a   Davies, P D O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Immigration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032938536     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.13354199     Document Type: Article

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