Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis in South Croatia: Are there epidemiological similarities or not?

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 734-737

  Mise, K ^a   Jurcev Savicevic, A ^b   Goic Barisic, I ^a   Kozul, K ^c   Gudelj, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Service   (Croatia)

^c Public Health Institute of Osjecko Baranjska County   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological similarities; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROATIA; DALMATIA; SPLIT;

EID: 80054863863     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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