The association between household socioeconomic position and prevalent tuberculosis in zambia: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Boccia, Delia ^a   Hargreaves, James ^a   de Stavola, Bianca Lucia ^a   Fielding, Katherine ^a   Schaap, Ab ^a,b   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^a   Ayles, Helen ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79959280118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020824     Document Type: Article

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