Tuberculin skin test screening in schoolchildren in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Driver, Cynthia R ^a   Valway, Sarah E ^a   Cantwell, Michael F ^a   Onorato, Ida M ^a  

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

Author keywords

schools; surveillance; tuberculin screening; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029976936     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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