Tuberculosis in Asians
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Tuberculosis in Asians
The incidence of tuberculosis among Asian immigrants in the United Kingdom greatly exceeds that in the white population. There are differences in the ageand sex-distribution of cases and in the frequency of of the disease at various sites, non-respiratory disease being disproportionately common. These differences are described and the need for more vigorous application of case finding and preve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.57.674.779