Tuberculosis among older adults - time to take notice

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-137

  Negin, Joel ^a,b   Abimbola, Seye ^a,c   Marais, Ben J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Older adults; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84925273671     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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