Long-term risk of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 304-307

  Zuber, Patrick L F ^a   McKenna, Matthew T ^a   Binkin, Nancy J ^a   Onorato, Ida M ^a   Castro, Kenneth G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030810998     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.4.304     Document Type: Article

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