Tuberculosis prevention among foreign-born persons in Seattle-King County, Washington

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 573-577

  Wells, Charles D ^b   Zuber, Patrick L F ^b   Nolan, Charles M ^b   Binkin, Nancy J ^a   Goldberg, Stefan V ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN WORKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030792116     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.2.9611101     Document Type: Article

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