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. 2023 Jun 7;23:1100. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15576-0

Correction: Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region

Alvin Kuo Jing Teo 1,2,11, Kalpeshsinh Rahevar 3,✉, Fukushi Morishita 3, Alicia Ang 15, Takashi Yoshiyama 5, Akihiro Ohkado 5, Lisa Kawatsu 5, Norio Yamada 5, Kazuhiro Uchimura 5, Youngeun Choi 6, Zi Chen 7, Siyan Yi 1,8,9, Manami Yanagawa 3, Kyung Hyun Oh 3, Kerri Viney 10,#, Ben Marais 2,11,#, Heejin Kim 6,#, Seiya Kato 5,#, Yuhong Liu 12,#, Catherine W M Ong 4,13,14,#, Tauhid Islam 3,#
PMCID: PMC10245401  PMID: 37287046

Correction: BMC Public Health 23, 370 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15197-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified 2 errors:

  1. In the background the sentence “In 2019, life expectancy at birth of the population was 4 years above the global estimate of 73.7 years” should read In 2019, life expectancy at birth of the population was 4 years above the global estimate of 73.3 years

  2. The following disclaimer was missing: The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article, and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

The original article has been updated.

Footnotes

Kerri Viney, Ben Marais, Heejin Kim, Seiya Kato, Yuhong Liu, Catherine W.M. Ong and Tauhid Islam are joint senior authors.

Reference

  • 1.Teo AKJ, et al. Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:370. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15197-7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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