Population-based risk factors for tuberculosis and adverse outcomes among Tibetan refugees in India, 1994-1996

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1018-1026

  Nelson, Lisa J ^a   Naik, Y ^b   Tsering, K ^c   Cegielski, J P ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Data Unit   (India)

^c Tuberculosis Unit   (India)

Author keywords

India; Refugees; Tibet; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHINA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TIBET; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27644448759     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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