The co-management of tuberculosis and diabetes: Challenges and opportunities in the developing world

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Sullivan, Timothy ^a   Amor, Yanis Ben ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864469862     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001269     Document Type: Article

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