A Socio-Epidemiological Study of Tuberculosis in a Rural Area

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, R K
dc.contributor.authorGupta, A
dc.contributor.authorJamwal, D S
dc.contributor.authorSuri, S P
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-25T11:23:13Z
dc.date.available2016-01-25T11:23:13Z
dc.date.issued2002-07
dc.description.abstractFive thousand rural adults (aged IS years and above) were studied to find out role of socIal vanabies in the occurrence of tuberculosis in seven villages of R.S.Pura tehsil of Jammu district. During this cross-sectonial study, 25 tubercular cases were found in the adult rural population. Out of 25 cases. 16 were found in the age group of below 45 years and only 9 cases were above -45 years. Men were affected more than women. Smoking and overcrowding were found to be important social factor, significantly related to the higher prevalence or disease. The other social variables like occupation. Ilteracy, socio-economic status and family size were not found to be slglllficantly related to the prevalence of tuberculosIs in thls study.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta R K, Gupta A, Jamwal D S, Suri S P. A Socio-Epidemiological Study of Tuberculosis in a Rural Area. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2002 Jul-Sept.4 (3): 119-122en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/170913
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.jkscience.org/archive/Volume43/A%20Socio-epidemiological%20study.pdfen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectOccupationen_US
dc.subjectLiteracyen_US
dc.subjectSmokingen_US
dc.subjectOvercrowdingen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic slatusen_US
dc.titleA Socio-Epidemiological Study of Tuberculosis in a Rural Areaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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