Household expenditure and tuberculosis prevalence in Viet Nam: Prediction by a set of household indicators

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Tiemersma, E W ^b,c,d   Sy, D N ^a   Nhung, N V ^a   Gebhard, A ^b   Borgdorff, M W ^e   Cobelens, F G J ^c,d  

^a National Tuberculosis Programme Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Poverty Related Communicable Diseases   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Socio economic; Tuberculosis; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650154339     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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