Association between socioeconomic position and tuberculosis in a large population-based study in rural Malawi.
<h4>Setting</h4>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 soc...
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| Main Authors: | Anna Odone, Amelia C Crampin, Venance Mwinuka, Simon Malema, J Nimrod Mwaungulu, Lumbani Munthali, Judith R Glynn |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0077740&type=printable |
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