Tuberculosis: Still a social disease

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Raviglione, Mario ^a   Krech, Rüdiger ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79955836579     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0158     Document Type: Editorial

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