Tuberculosis surveillance using death certificate data, New York City, 1992

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-255

  Washko, Rita M ^a,b,c   Frieden, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029922274     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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