Socioeconomic disparities and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Korea: Focus on immigrants and income levels
Risk factors of MDR-TB remain unclear in South Korea, despite being an important public health issue. Findings from this study, which included ≥50,000 patients with TB from South Korea, suggests that immigrants and patients with lower income levels were strong predictors of MDR-TB in a high-income,...
Main Authors: | Han Eol Jeong, Sungho Bea, Ju Hwan Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Hyunjin Son, Ju-Young Shin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118222001438 |
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