Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 794-799

  Hussain, Hamid ^a   Akhtar, Saeed ^a   Nanan, Debra ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Overcrowding; Pakistan; Prisoners; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCAR; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0142216594     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg247     Document Type: Article

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