Trends in Mortality of Tuberculosis Patients in the United States: The Long-Term Perspective

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 791-795

  Barnes, Richard F W ^a   Moore, Maria Luisa ^b   Garfein, Richard S ^a   Brodine, Stephanie ^c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Rodwell, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Surveillance; Trends; Tuberculosis; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052260783     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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