This dataset, tuberculosis_vaccine_df, is a data frame containing results from 13 clinical trials examining the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis.
data(tuberculosis_vaccine_df)A data frame with 13 observations and 9 variables:
Trial identifier number (integer vector)
Study author(s) (character vector)
Year of publication (integer vector)
Number of TB positive cases in vaccinated group (integer vector)
Number of TB negative cases in vaccinated group (integer vector)
Number of TB positive cases in control group (integer vector)
Number of TB negative cases in control group (integer vector)
Absolute latitude of study location (integer vector)
Method of treatment allocation (character vector)
The dataset name has been kept as 'tuberculosis_vaccine_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.