Risk factors for tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Davies, Peter D O ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aids; Environment; Genetic; HIV; Risk factor; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 21344439303     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.656     Document Type: Review

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