The fall after the rise: Tuberculosis in the United States, 1991 through 1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1059-1063

  McKenna, Matthew T ^a   McCray, Eugene ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^c   Onorato, Ida M ^a,b   Castro, Kenneth G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031822591     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.7.1059     Document Type: Article

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