Effective Environmental and Demographic Factors on Incidence of Tuberculosis in Mashhad, Iran
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Abstract:
Background and
Purpose
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main medical and health problems worldwide. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the effect of environmental factors on the incidence of this disease. In so doing, we can determine the critical and deficient areas, the risk factors for the disease, and implement preventive and therapeutic interventions.Materials And Methods
In this retrospective, descriptive-analytic study we used available information in health centers in Mashhad, Iran. Personal, demographic, environmental, and geographic data was the main basis of our study to identify the high-risk areas.Results
We studied 813 patients diagnosed with TB in Mashhad health centers of Mashhad and its outskirts. The results showed significant relationship between the developing TB and nationality (PConclusion
Given the increasing incidence rate of TB in Iran, particularly in Mashhad, and escalated TB mortality, identifying factors causing the disease, especially the environmental and demographic factors, can improve management of this disease.Keywords:
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Volume:27 Issue: 147, 2017
Pages:
404 to 408
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