Tuberculosis in a primary school: The Uppingham outbreak

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 291, Issue 6501, 1985, Pages 1039-1040

  Wales, J M ^a   Buchan, A R ^a   Cookson, J ^a   Jones, D A ^a   Marshall, B S ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MASS CHEST X-RAY; SCHOOLS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0022387193     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6501.1039     Document Type: Article

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