Risk of active tuberculosis in immigrants: Effects of age, region of origin and time since arrival in a low-exposure setting

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 458-461

  McBryde, Emma S ^a,b   Denholm, Justin T ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; MIGRATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873702032     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10035     Document Type: Article

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