Indoor social networks in a south african township: Potential contribution of location to tuberculosis transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Robin ^a,b,c   Racow, Kimberly ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a,b   Morrow, Carl ^a   Middelkoop, Keren ^a,b   Mark, Daniella ^a   Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863109257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039246     Document Type: Article

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