Tuberculosis screening for immigrants and refugees: Diagnostic outcomes in the State of Hawaii

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Zuber, Patrick L F ^a   Binkin, Nancy J ^b   Ignacio, Azucena C ^b   Marshall, Katherine L ^b   Tribble, S Paul ^b   Tipple, Margaret A ^b   Vogt, Richard L ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030036723     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.1.8680671     Document Type: Article

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