Anemia in adults with tuberculosis is associated with HIV and anthropometric status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 925-932

  Saathoff, Elmar ^a,b   Villamor, E ^a,c   Mugusi, F ^d   Bosch, R J ^e   Urassa, W ^d   Fawzi, W W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Anthropometric status; HIV; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958726145     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0477     Document Type: Article

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