Issues in the management of contacts of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Menzies, Dick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030767866     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403887     Document Type: Article

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