The risk of tuberculosis disease among persons with diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 818-825

  Baker, Meghan A ^a,b,g   Lin, Hsien Ho ^d,e   Chang, Hsing Yi ^f   Murray, Megan B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MENNONITE CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84863289785     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir939     Document Type: Article

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