Undernutrition and the incidence of tuberculosis in India: National and subnational estimates of the population-attributable fraction related to undernutrition

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 128-133

  Bhargava, Anurag ^a,b   Benedetti, Andrea ^a   Oxlade, Olivia ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Menzies, Dick ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907464009     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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