The prevalence of tuberculosis in different economic strata: A community survey from South India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1042-1045

  Muniyandi, M ^a   Ramachandran, R ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Subramani, R ^a   Sadacharam, K ^a   Kumaran, P ^a   Santha, T ^a   Wares, F ^b   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economic strata; Poverty; Prevalence; Standard of living index; Tuberculosis programme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548735330     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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