The role of diabetes mellitus in the higher prevalence of tuberculosis among Hispanics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 574-579

  Pablos Méndez, Ariel ^a,b,d   Blustein, Jan ^a,c   Knirsch, Charles A ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842411349     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.4.574     Document Type: Article

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