Tuberculosis screening and anergy in a homeless population

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Morrow, Robert ^a,b   Fanta, Jayne ^a   Kerlen, Sonja ^a  

^a St Joseph's Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030641878     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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