Tuberculosis among Trio-Indians in Surinam;Tuberculose onder Trio-indianen in Suriname

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 425-429

  Van Crevel, R ^a   Van Doorninck, D J ^a,b   Van Ams, J E ^a,c   Tjon Kon Fat, H ^c   Vreden, S G S ^d   Van Der Meer, J W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medische Zending Suriname   (Suriname)

^c Bureau voor Openbare Gezondheidszorg   (Suriname)

^d Diakonessenhuis   (Suriname)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; LIFESTYLE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SURINAME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURINAME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1442350492     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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