Epidemiology of tuberculosis and levels of vitamin D in Australia: Person, place and time

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 655-656

  MacLachlan, Jennifer H ^a   Cowie, Benjamin C ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AGE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN COLOR; SPRING; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84887723095     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10478     Document Type: Letter

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