Tuberculosis: 3. Epidemiology of the disease in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1185-1190

  Long, Richard ^a,d   Njoo, Howard ^b   Hershfield, Earl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0033586762     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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