Children and the global tuberculosis situation

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Enarson, Donald A ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 1342312505     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90027-9     Document Type: Review

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