Long-term mortality in patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A Danish nationwide cohort study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 405-421

  Christensen, Anne Sophie Halkjær ^a   Roed, Casper ^a   Andersen, Peter H ^b   Andersen, ÅSe Bengård ^c   Obel, Niels ^a  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Cohort study; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Mortality; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARTILAGE TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LIP CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM MORTALITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SKIN DISEASE; THYROID CANCER; TOBACCO USE; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84924811414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S65331     Document Type: Article

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