Tuberculosis and gender: Exploring the patterns in a case control study in Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-203

  Crampin, A C ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^b   Floyd, S ^b   Malema, S S ^a   Mwinuka, V K ^a   Ngwira, B M M ^a   Mwaungulu, F D ^a   Warndorff, D K ^a   Fine, P E M ^b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Gender; HIV; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2442581250     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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