Socio-economic status and self-reported tuberculosis: A multilevel analysis in a low-income township in the eastern cape, South Africa

Journal of Public Health in Africa

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-146

  Cramm, Jane M ^a   Koolman, Xander ^b   Møller, Valerie ^c   Nieboer, Anna P ^a  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Multilevel; Social capital; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWDING (AREA); HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 85007308787     PISSN: 20389922     EISSN: 20389930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2011.e34     Document Type: Article

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