Impact of tuberculosis exposure at home on mortality in children under 5 years of age in Guinea-Bissau

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Gomes, Victor F ^a,b   Andersen, Andreas ^a,b   Wejse, Christian ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Ines ^a,b   Vieira, Fina J ^d   Joaquim, Luis Carlos ^e   Vieira, Cesaltina S ^d   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Gustafson, Per ^f  

^a Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Hospital de Pneumologia Raoul Follereau   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e Hospital Nacional Simao Mendes   (Guinea-Bissau)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79251636433     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.141309     Document Type: Article

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