Transmission of tuberculosis among the urban homeless

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-307

  Barnes, Peter F ^a   El Hajj, Hiyam ^b,c   Preston Martin, Susan ^a   Cave, M Donald ^b,c   Jones, Brenda E ^a   Otaya, Michiko ^a   Pogoda, Janice ^d   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Statology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030052424     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.4.305     Document Type: Article

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