Tuberculosis trends in Saudis and non-Saudis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - a 10 year retrospective study (2000-2009)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Abouzeid, Mohammad S ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin I ^b   Felemban, Shaza ^a   Alotaibi, Badriah ^a   O'Grady, Justin ^b   Memish, Ziad A ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862676530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039478     Document Type: Article

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