Universal radiographic screening for tuberculosis among inmates upon admission to jail

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1335-1337

  Layton, Marcelle C ^a   Henning, Kelly J ^a   Alexander, Terry A ^b   Gooding, Anne L ^b   Reid, Corby ^b   Heyman, Budd M ^b   Leung, Joseph ^b   Gilmore, Donna M ^b   Frieden, Thomas R ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRISON; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030802174     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.8.1335     Document Type: Article

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