Tuberculosis case detection in a state prison system

Public Health Reports

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-364

  Bock, Naomi N ^a   Reeves, Millie ^b   LaMarre, Madie ^b,c   DeVoe, Beverly ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Corrections   (United States)

^c Clinical Services   (New Zealand)

^d GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031926834     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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