Gender disparity amongst TB suspects and new TB patients according to data recorded at the South African Institute of Medical Research laboratory for the Western Cape Region of South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-439

  Austin, J F ^a   Dick, Judy M ^a   Zwarenstein, M ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Smear positivity; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 2442571149     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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