Community-based outbreaks of tuberculosis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1053-1060

  Raffalli, John ^a   Sepkowitz, Kenl A ^a,b   Armstrong, Donald ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMMUNITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SHIP; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MUSIC; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIPS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029940197     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.10.1053     Document Type: Review

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