Estimates of the impact of diabetes on the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in different ethnic groups in England

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 578-581

  Walker, Caron ^a   Unwin, Nigel ^b  

^a Newcastle Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955290295     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.128223     Document Type: Article

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