The prevalence of symptoms associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in randomly selected children from a high burden community

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1166-1170

  Marais, B J ^a,b   Obihara, C C ^c   Gie, R P ^b   Schaaf, H S ^b   Hesseling, A C ^b   Lombard, C ^d   Enarson, D ^e   Bateman, E ^f   Beyers, N ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 27644476532     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.060640     Document Type: Article

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