A study of tuberculosis, malnutrition and gender in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Metcalfe, Neil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nutrition; Sri Lanka; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 11144325810     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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