Correlation between frequency of tuberculosis and compliance with control strategies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-31

  Roy, Marie Claude ^a,d   Fredrickson, Mary ^b   Good, Natalie L ^b   Hunter, S Ann ^b   Nettleman, Mary D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030636101     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141960     Document Type: Article

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