From exposure to disease: The role of environmental factors in susceptibility to and development of tuberculosis

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 288-301

  Romieu, Isabelle ^a   Trenga, Carol ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CROWDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035682413     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a000807     Document Type: Review

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