Socioeconomic factors for tuberculosis in Tokyo, Japan - Unemployment, overcrowding, poverty, and migrants

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-426

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Poverty; Socioeconomic factor; Tokyo; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOKYO; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0038647648     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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