A passenger with pulmonary/laryngeal tuberculosis: No evidence of transmission on two short flights

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1097-1100

  Moore, Marisa ^a,b   Fleming, Karen S ^a   Sands, Lawrence ^a  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LARYNGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 0029806736     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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