Investigating tuberculosis trends in England

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1302-1310

  Crofts, J P ^a   Gelb, D ^b   Andrews, N ^b   Delpech, V ^c   Watson, J M ^a   Abubakar, I ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^c HIV   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Epidemiology; HIV; Trends; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 55949095152     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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