Diabetes mellitus and HIV as co-morbidities in tuberculosis patients of rural South India

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-144

  Gupta, Soham ^a,b   Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad ^a   Bairy, Indira ^a   Srinivasa, Hiresave ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; HIV; Occupation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80051682397     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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