Smoking and risk of tuberculosis incidence, mortality, and recurrence in South Korean men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1478-1485

  Jee, Sun Ha ^a   Golub, Jonathan E ^b,c   Jo, Jaeseong ^a   Park, Il Su ^d   Ohrr, Heechoul ^e   Samet, Jonathan M ^f  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Incidence; Mortality; Recurrence; Smoking; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BODY MASS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 71549142902     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp308     Document Type: Article

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