Diabetes and tuberculosis: A gathering storm?

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 571-572

  Moore Gillon, John ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NEGRO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77955291950     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.134247     Document Type: Editorial

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