Tuberculosis control among Alaska Native people

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Funk, E A ^a  

^a Alaska Section Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INUITS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031667618     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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