Daily contact with a patient and poor housing affordability as determinants of pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Pakistan

Daily contact with a patient and poor housing affordability as determinants of pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Pakistan

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among individuals aged 15 years or more in urban Karachi, Pakistan. Design and setting: A case–control design was implemented in three major tertiary-care hospitals to select cases (n = 342) with active p...

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Main Authors: Batool A Haider, Saeed Akhtar, Juanita Hatcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Case–control study
Tuberculosis
Risk factors
Population attributable risk
Pakistan
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2013;volume=2;issue=1;spage=38;epage=43;aulast=Haider

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