Association between socioeconomic position and tuberculosis in a large population-based study in rural Malawi.

SETTING:There is increasing interest in social structural interventions for tuberculosis. The association between poverty and tuberculosis is well established in many settings, but less clear in rural Africa. In Karonga District, Malawi, we found an association between higher socioeconomic status an...

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Main Authors: Anna Odone, Amelia C Crampin, Venance Mwinuka, Simon Malema, J Nimrod Mwaungulu, Lumbani Munthali, Judith R Glynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804525?pdf=render