Study on contagion in 3,071 familial contacts of patients with tuberculosis;Estudio del contagio en 3.071 contactos familiares de enfermos con tuberculosis

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Vidal, Rafael ^a   Miravitlles, Marc ^a   Caylà, Joan A ^a   Torrella, Marta ^a   Martín, Nuria ^b   De Gracia, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031568980     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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