Epidemiology of tuberculosis among Afghan immigrants in Fars province, southern Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 758-764

  Kadivar, M R ^a   Ghaneh Shirazi, R ^a   Khavandegaran, F ^a   Karimi, M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SPUTUM SMEAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34848918134     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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