Tuberculosis surveillance in the United States: Case definitions used by state health departments

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 728-731

  McCombs, Scott B ^a,b   Onorato, Ida M ^a   McCray, Eugene ^a   Castro, Kenneth G ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0030007974     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.728     Document Type: Article

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