Annual risk of tuberculous infection in rural areas of junagadh district

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 231-240

  Chadha, V K ^a   Vaidyanathan, P S ^a   Jagannatha, P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035790081     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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