The epidemiological advantage of preferential targeting of tuberculosis control at the poor

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 375-380

  Andrews, J R ^a   Basu, S ^a   Dowdy, D W ^b   Murray, M B ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Models; Policy; Poverty; Social mixing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM VENTILATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84925632323     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0423     Document Type: Review

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