Evidence for an effect of fetal growth on the risk of tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-413

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia ^b   Cnattingius, Sven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; AGED; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 75649086573     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650313     Document Type: Article

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