Occupationally acquired tuberculosis: What’s known

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 320-325

  Bowden, Karen M ^a   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEST;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028207283     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199403000-00009     Document Type: Article

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