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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΔΕΡΜΟΑΝΤΙΔΡΑΣΗ MANTOUX ΚΑΙ ΒΙΟ-ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ-ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΕΣ

Abstract

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IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE INFECTION RISK BY MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, THE MANTOUX SKIN TEST WAS PERFORMED ON 4.036 INDIVIDUALS OF BOTH SCENES, FOLLOWING A PRESTABLISHED METHOD. AS WELL AS COLLECTED DATA CONCERNING FIFTY SEVEN (57) INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, SOCIOECONOMIC AND BIOLOGICAL USING THE INTERVIEW METHOD (STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE FILLED BY INTERVIEWER). SPECIFIC STATISTICAL TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY ARE THE FOLLOWING: A. POSITIVE CORRELATION, INFECTION RATE VS AGE RISK INCREASES WITH AGE. THE GREATEST PROPORTION WAS IN 30 TO95 YEARS OLD GROUP, B) MALES AND LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES, AS WELL SHOWED HIGHER INFECTION RATES. C. NEGATIVE CORRELATION INFECTION RATE VS LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS D. POSITIVE CORRELATIONS WITH SMOKING AND DRINKING HABITS.

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1989

Author and committee

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  • Παπαδημητρίου, Μαρία

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1064
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1064

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citation

Παπαδημητρίου, Μαρία. ΔΕΡΜΟΑΝΤΙΔΡΑΣΗ MANTOUX ΚΑΙ ΒΙΟ-ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ-ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΕΣ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1064