Association between Socioeconomic Position and Tuberculosis in a Large Population-Based Study in Rural Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Odone, Anna ^a,b,d   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,c   Mwinuka, Venance ^c   Malema, Simon ^c   Mwaungulu, J Nimrod ^c   Munthali, Lumbani ^c   Glynn, Judith R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84886925040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077740     Document Type: Article

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