Prevalence of nutritional deficiency in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of nutritional deficiency among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study using data obtained from the Brazilian Case Registry Database and from the medical records of patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (15...

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Main Authors: Silvana Gomes Nunes Piva, Maria da Conceicao Nascimento Costa, Florisneide Rodrigues Barreto, Susan Martins Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013-06-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132013000400476&lng=en&tlng=en