Prevalence of tuberculin skin test reactions among prison workers

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 202-206

  Jochem, Klaus ^a,b   Tannenbaum, Terry Nan ^c   Menzies, Dick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Chercheur Dir S Pub Montreal Ctr   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WORKER;

EID: 0030743662     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403888     Document Type: Article

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