Household poverty, off-farm migration and pulmonary tuberculosis in rural Henan, China

Population Dynamics and Infectious Diseases in Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-244

  Jackson, Sukhan ^a   Sleigh, Adrian C ^b   Wang, Guo Jie ^c   Liu, Xi Li ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Henan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Henan CDC)   (China)

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EID: 84969612663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812773395_0012     Document Type: Chapter

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