Nutritional risk factors for tuberculosis among adults in the United States, 19711992

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-422

  Cegielski, J Peter ^a   Arab, Lenore ^b   Cornoni Huntley, Joan ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; malnutrition; nutrition surveys; obesity; protein energy malnutrition; subcutaneous fat; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865780189     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws007     Document Type: Article

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