Modeling social, environmental and biological determinants of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Murray, Megan ^a,b,c   Oxlade, O ^d   Lin, H H ^e,f,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Mennonite Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body mass index; Diabetes mellitus; IAP from solid fuels; Smoking; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CROWDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955864118     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0535     Document Type: Review

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