Tuberculosis in Turkey: high altitude and other socio-economic risk factors

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Tanrikulu, A C ^a   Acemoglu, H ^b   Palanci, Y ^c   Eren Dagli, C ^d  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c State Office of Public Health   (Turkey)

^d KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altitude; Socio economic factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; FERTILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALTITUDE; CITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 43449106186     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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