Enrollment in English-as-a-Second-Language class as a predictor of tuberculosis infection in schoolchildren

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 428-430

  Denison, Anne V ^a,c   Pierce Jr , J Rush ^a,b  

^a Amarillo Bi City Co Hlth Dept   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Amarillo Bi City Co Hlth Depts   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; SCHOOLS; TEXAS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029843137     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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