Self-Assessment of Tuberculin Skin Test Reactions by New York City Firelighters: Reliability and Cost-Effectiveness in an Occupational Health Care Setting

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 280-283

  Prezant, David J ^a,b   Kelly, Kerry J ^b   Karwa, Manoj L ^a   Kavanagh, Kathryn ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Government of New york   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0030586439     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-4-199608150-00004     Document Type: Article

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