Tuberculosis and gender in a priority city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Tuberculose e gênero em um município prioritário no estado do Rio de Janeiro

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 621-625

  Belo, Márcia Teresa Carreira Teixeira ^a,b   Luiz, Ronir Ragio ^b   Hanson, Christy ^c   Selig, Lia ^b,d   Teixeira, Eleny Guimarães ^a   Chalfoun, Thiago ^a   Trajman, Anete ^a  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Fundacao Educacional Serra dos Orgaos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Income; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649414159     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132010000500015     Document Type: Article

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