Tuberculosis associated with household crowding in a developed country

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 715-721

  Baker, M ^a,b   Das, D ^a   Venugopal, K ^a   Howden Chapman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ETHNICITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROWDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROWDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 47949133748     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.063610     Document Type: Article

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