Tuberculosis and Poverty: Why Are the Poor at Greater Risk in India?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Oxlade, Olivia ^a   Murray, Megan ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869779308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047533     Document Type: Article

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