Association between passive smoking and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-739

  Den Boon, Saskia ^a,b,c   Verver, Suzanne ^b,c   Marais, Ben J ^a   Enarson, Donald A ^d   Lombard, Carl J ^e   Bateman, Eric D ^f   Irusen, Elvis ^g   Jithoo, Anamika ^f   Gie, Robert P ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   Beyers, Nulda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Infection; Smoking; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34147190155     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1796     Document Type: Article

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