Can social interventions prevent tuberculosis? The papworth experiment (1918-1943) revisited

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 442-449

  Bhargava, Anurag ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Bhargava, Madhavi ^b   Marais, Ben J ^c   Menzies, Dick ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevention and control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EMPLOYMENT; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL WELFARE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865813388     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201201-0023OC     Document Type: Article

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