A decade of change: Tuberculosis in England and Wales 1988-98

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 772-777

  Balasegaram, S ^a   Watson, J M ^a   Rose, A M C ^a   Charlett, A ^a   Nunn, A J ^b   Rushdy, A ^a   Leese, J ^c   Ormerod, L P ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WALES;

EID: 0042261656     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.9.772     Document Type: Article

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