Characteristics of individuals with tuberculosis in an urban, poor population in Osaka City, Japan - a case-control study

• Main Authors: Akira Shimouchi (Author), Yuko Tsuda (Author), Jun Komukai (Author), Kenji Matsumoto (Author), Hideki Yoshida (Author), Akihiro Ohkado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To identify individual characteristics related to the development of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among residents in the Airin area (Airin), Osaka City, Japan. Methods: We conducted a retrospective case-control study of individual characteristics potentially related to the development of...