Tuberculosis in socio-economically deprived neighborhoods: Missed opportunities for prevention

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1425-1430

  Lopez De Fede, Ana ^a   Stewart, J E ^a   Harris, M J ^b   Mayfield Smith, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Poverty; Townsend deprivation index; Tuberculosis; ZCTA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049213336     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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