Natural honey helps as diet-mediated for tuberculosis prevention or treatment

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-146

  Mehrabi Tavana, A ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; HONEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80054821006     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.85775     Document Type: Letter

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