Ecological analysis of ethnic differences in relation between tuberculosis and poverty

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7216, 1999, Pages 1031-1034

  Hawker, Jeremy I ^a,c   Bakhshi, Surinder S ^a   Ali, Shaukat ^b   Paddy Farrington, C ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Birmingham Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033576151     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1031     Document Type: Article

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