The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Europe

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 726-729

  Walls, Tony ^a   Shingadia, Delane ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547682152     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.102889     Document Type: Review

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