Risk of tuberculosis among people with diabetes mellitus: An Australian nationwide cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dobler, Claudia Caroline ^a,b   Flack, Jeffrey Ronald ^c   Marks, Guy Barrington ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 84857869767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000666     Document Type: Article

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