Tuberculosis among immigrants and refugees

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 753-760

  DeRiemer, Kathryn ^a   Chin, Daniel P ^b   Schecter, Gisela F ^b,c   Reingold, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Tuberculosis Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0032513498     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.7.753     Document Type: Article

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