Effect of altitude on the frequency of pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1321-1324

  Vargas, Mario H ^a,b   Furuya, M E Y ^a   Perez Guzman C ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^c Hospital General Dr Gaudencio Gonzalez Garza   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Altitude; Geography; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OXYGEN TENSION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 10044274407     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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