Increased tuberculosis burden due to demographic transition in Korea from 2001 to 2010

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 104-110

  Park, Young Kil ^a   Park, Yoon Sung ^a   Na, Kyoung In ^a   Cho, En Hi ^a   Shin, Sang Sook ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Population dynamics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84876315744     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.104     Document Type: Article

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