Exploring tuberculosis by types of housing development

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-83

  Low, Chien Tat ^a   Lai, Poh Chin ^a   Tse, Wing Sze Cindy ^b   Tsui, Chung Kan ^b   Lee, Herman ^b   Hui, Pak Kwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Housing type; Storey or floor level; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE PERMANENT HOUSING; PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; STOREY LEVEL; SUBSIDIZED FLAT; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG; KOWLOON;

MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84877039810     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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