Tuberculosis: An Urban Problem
Authors: WILLIAM LESTER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Editorials1 April 1968Tuberculosis: An Urban ProblemWILLIAM LESTER, M.D.WILLIAM LESTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-68-4-947 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe progressive urbanization of modern society has been an outstanding feature of the twentieth century and appears to be a trend which will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Preexisting urban centers are coalescing to form regional megalopolitan concentrations of population that create jurisdictional problems at all levels of corporate activity. This process is complicated by the fact that, in many instances, the central or inner-city population is moving out to peripheral suburban locations and being replaced by in-migrants. These newer inner-city inhabitants, in general, are characterized by their lack of preparation for modern urban society and their origin in...References1. LASHOF JC: Medical care in the urban center. Ann. Intern. Med. 68: 242, 1968. LinkGoogle Scholar2. The Arden House Conference on Tuberculosis. U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service Publication No. 784, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1959. Google Scholar3. Reported Tuberculosis Data—1965 (1967 edition), U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service Publication No. 638, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1967. Google Scholar4. FROST WH: The age selection of mortality from tuberculosis in successive decades. Amer. J. Hyg. 30: 91, 1939. Google Scholar5. STEAD WW: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis among older persons. Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis. 91: 811, 1965. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. STEAD WW: Pathogenesis of a first episode of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis in man: recrudescence of residuals of the primary infection or exogenous reinfection? Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis. 95: 729, 1967. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. STEAD WW: Pathogenesis of the sporadic case of tuberculosis. New Eng. J. Med. 277: 1008, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. STEAD WW, KERBY GR, SCHLUETER DP, and JORDAHL CW: The clinical spectrum of primary tuberculosis in adults: confusion with reinfection in the pathogenesis of chronic tuberculosis. Ann. Intern. Med. 68: 731, 1968. LinkGoogle Scholar9. CURRY FJ: District clinics for out patient treatment of tuberculous problem patients. Dis. Chest 46: 524, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WILLIAM LESTER, M.D.Affiliations: Chest Medicine National Jewish Hospital Denver, Colo. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der Atemwege und des MediastinumsKrankheiten der Atemwege und des MediastinumsNeighborhood Clinics for More Effective Outpatient Treatment of Tuberculosis 1 April 1968Volume 68, Issue 4 Page: 947-949 Keywords Attention Forecasting ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1968 PDF downloadLoading ...