Tuberculosis Incidence Correlates with Sunshine: An Ecological 28-Year Time Series Study

BACKGROUND: Birmingham is the largest UK city after London, and central Birmingham has an annual tuberculosis incidence of 80 per 100,000. We examined seasonality and sunlight as drivers of tuberculosis incidence. Hours of sunshine are seasonal, sunshine exposure is necessary for the production of v...

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Autores principales: Koh, Gavin C. K. W., Hawthorne, Gemma, Turner, Alice M., Kunst, Heinke, Dedicoat, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057752

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057752

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