Association between tuberculosis and diabetes in the Mexican border and non-border regions of Texas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-611

  Pérez, Adriana ^a,b   Brown III, H Shelton ^a,b   Restrepo, Blanca I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b Hispanic Health Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33646380085     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.604     Document Type: Article

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