Incidence rates, clinical features, and case identification of pediatric tuberculosis in Alaska

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 378-383

  Gessner, B D ^a  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alaska Native; Epidemiology; Pediatric; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INUITS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031839206     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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