Patterns of tuberculosis transmission in Central Los Angeles

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1159-1163

  Barnes, Peter F ^a,e   Yang, Zhenhua ^d   Preston Martin, Susan ^a   Pogoda, Janice M ^c   Jones, Brenda E ^a   Otaya, Michiko ^a   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^d   Knowles, Laura ^a   Harvey, Sydney ^b   Cave, M Donald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Statology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030880033     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.14.1159     Document Type: Article

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