Tuberculosis and living conditions in Salvador, Brazil: a spatial analysis

OBJECTIVE: To investigate spatial tuberculosis (TB) distribution patterns and the association between living conditions and incidence of the disease in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: An ecological study with neighborhood as the unit of analysis. Data was collected from the Notifiable Diseases Inf...

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Main Authors: Carlos Erazo, Susan M. Pereira, Maria da Conceição N. Costa, Delsuc Evangelista-Filho, José Ueleres Braga, Mauricio L. Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892014000600004&lng=en&tlng=en