Tuberculosis and society

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Mori, Toru ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOTS; Epidemiology; Poverty; Society; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POVERTY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; JAPAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037324968     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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