Risk factors for tuberculosis in Greenland: Case-control study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Ladefoged, Karin ^a   Rendal, T ^a   Skifte, T ^b   Andersson, M ^c   Soborg B ^c   Koch, A ^c  

^a Queen Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^b National Board of Health in Greenland   (Greenland)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Inuit; Risk factors; Social determinants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650124480     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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