Tuberculin skin test conversion rates in New York City emergency medical service health care workers

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Prezant, D J ^a   Kelly, K J ^a   Mineo, F P ^a   Janus, D ^a   Karwa, M L ^a   Futterman, N ^a   Nolte, C ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031902134     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70138-6     Document Type: Article

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