Overseas screening for tuberculosis in immigrants and refugees to the United States: Current status

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1226-1232

  Binkin, Nancy J ^a   Zuber, Patrick L F ^b   Wells, Charles D ^b   Tipple, Margaret A ^b   Castro, Kenneth G ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030462813     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.6.1226     Document Type: Article

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