Excess mortality and tuberculosis among individuals with prolonged cough: A population-based study from Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 851-856

  Hoa, N P ^a,b   Thorson, Anna E K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cohort; Cough; Mortality; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMEAR; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 33746929108     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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