Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Karachi central prison

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 413-415

  Rao, N A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4544257268     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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