High frequency of individuals with strong reaction to tuberculin among clinical trainees

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 128-129

  Toyota, Mieko ^a   Kudo, Koichiro ^a   Sumiya, Morito ^a   Kobori, Oichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOKYO; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032869866     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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