Vitamin A status of patients presenting with pulmonary tuberculosis and asymptomatic HIV-infected individuals, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 804-807

  Mugusi, Ferdinand M ^a   Rusizoka, O ^a   Habib, N ^a   Fawzi, W ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV infection; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0043163387     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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