Estimating the relative recurrence risk ratio for leprosy in Karonga District, Malawi

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-140

  Wallace, Chris ^a   Clayton, David ^b   Fine, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IDEU ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 0038609580     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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