Crack cocaine and infectious tuberculosis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1466-1469

  Story, Alistair ^a   Bothamley, Graham ^b   Hayward, Andrew ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 50849119425     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070654     Document Type: Article

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