Diabetes and tuberculosis - Old associates posing a renewed public health challenge

US Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 12-14

  Kapur, Anil ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b   Lönnroth, Knut ^c   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^d   Lefèbvre, Pierre ^e  

^a World Diabetes Foundation   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical implications; Co morbidity; Diabetes; Millennium development goals (MDGs); Public health; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455212222     PISSN: 17583918     EISSN: 17583926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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