Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 441-443 , May 2006

Pulmonary tuberculosis in a hospital setting: Gender differences

  • V. Nissapatorn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +603 79676618; fax: +603 79674754.
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  • I. Kuppusamy

      Affiliations

    • National Tuberculosis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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  • B.L.H. Sim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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  • Q. Kia Fatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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  • A.Khairul Anuar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received 5 July 2004 ,Revised 27 May 2005 ,Accepted 25 November 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.11.005

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 441-443 , May 2006

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