Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis amongst the baigas - a primitive tribe of Madhya Pradesh, central India

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-116

  Yadav, R ^a   Rao, V G ^a   Bhat, J ^a   Gopi, P G ^b   Selvakumar, N ^b   Wares, D F ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c Office of the WHO Representative to India   (India)

Author keywords

Baiga; Central India; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tribal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 78649598618     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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