A case control study in the Indian subcontinent ethnic population on the effect of return visits and the subsequent development of tuberculosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 440-442

  Singh, H ^a   Joshi, M ^b   Ormerod, L P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Return visits; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33744534939     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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