Preventing the nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 658-663

  Blumberg, Henry M ^a,b   Watkins, Dan L ^a,c   Berschling, Jeffrey D ^a,d   Antle, Alexis ^a,b   Moore, Patricia ^a,c   White, Nancy ^a,c   Hunter, Mary ^a,c   Green, Barbara ^a,c   Ray, Susan M ^a,b   McGowan Jr , John E ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0028920032     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-9-199505010-00003     Document Type: Article

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