Alcohol use as a risk factor for tuberculosis - A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lönnroth, Knut ^a   Williams, Brian G ^a   Stadlin, Stephanie ^a   Jaramillo, Ernesto ^a   Dye, Christopher ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; RISK;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51649101695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-289     Document Type: Review

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