Diabetes and tuberculosis: What else beyond?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1127-

  Sotgiu, Giovanni ^a   Matteelli, Alberto ^b   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84942740320     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.154.0534     Document Type: Editorial

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