Undernutrition and tuberculosis: Strongly linked, but ignored

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-127

  Swaminathan, Soumya ^a   Padmapriyadarsini, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; RIFAMPICIN; VITAMIN D;

BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIET THERAPY; INDIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84920283327     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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