Tuberculosis incidence trends in Saudi Arabia over 20 years: 1991-2010

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-152

  Al Orainey, Ibrahim ^a   Alhedaithy, Mogbil A ^a   Alanazi, Awad R ^a   Barry, Mazin A ^a   Almajid, Fahad M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; incidence trend; Saudi Arabia; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84880522643     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.114303     Document Type: Article

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