Tuberculosis among Tibetan immigrants from India and Nepal in Minnesota, 1992-1995

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Truong, Dung H ^a   Hedemark, Linda L ^b   Mickman, James K ^c   Mosher, Laura B ^d   Dietrich, Stephen E ^d   Lowry, Philip W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031044479     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.9.735     Document Type: Article

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