The epidemiology of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in the united states, 1986 to 1993

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 16, 1995, Pages 1071-1076

  Mckenna, Matthew T ^a   Mccray, Eugene ^a   Onorato, Ida ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028902930     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199504203321606     Document Type: Article

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