Tuberculosis skin testing among homeless adults

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Gelberg, Lillian ^a   Panarites, Christopher J ^b   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Leake, Barbara ^c   Andersen, Ronald M ^b   Koegel, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

homeless personal screening; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031052484     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0004-4     Document Type: Article

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