Incidence of Tuberculosis among Patients Receiving Treatment with Oral Corticosteroids

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 881-884

  Agrawal, P N ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Behera, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034277275     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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