You cannot exclude the explanation you have not considered.
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Epidemiology Unit, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chetpet, Madras, India.
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors