Epidemiology and endemicity of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in southeastern Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Itah, Alfred Young ^a   Udofia, Silas Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 20444502176     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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