Tuberculosis among Tibetan refugees in India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 423-432

  Bhatia, Shushum ^a   Dranyi, Tsegyal ^a   Rowley, Derrick ^b  

^a Health Department   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

India; Refugees; Tibet; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFUGEE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLERGY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; TIBET; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036135204     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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