1996 meeting of the Australasian ASID Council: Tuberculosis in children in Australia: Strategies for control

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Isaacs, David ^a,b   Mellis, Craig M ^a  

^a Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AUSTRALIA; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032472452     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126746.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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