Poverty and the economic effects of TB in rural China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1104-1110

  Jackson, Sukhan ^a   Sleigh, A C ^b   Wang, G J ^c   Liu, X L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cost of illness; DOTS; Economics; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33749504488     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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