Vitamin D and tuberculosis status in refugee children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-523

  Gray, Kara ^a   Wood, Nicholas ^a,b   Gunasekera, Hasantha ^a,b   Sheikh, Mohammad ^a,b   Hazelton, Briony ^b   Barzi, Federica ^a   Isaacs, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Refugee; Tuberculosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; REFUGEES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84860259525     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182456c55     Document Type: Article

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