A statistical investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is called a disease of poverty and is the main cause of death from infectious diseases among adults. In 1993 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared TB to be a global emergency; however there were still approximately 1.4 million deaths due to TB in 2011. This thesis contains a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: van Woerden, Irene
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Mathematics and Statistics 2013
Subjects:
TB
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8662