Tuberculosis infection and homelessness in Melbourne, Australia, 1995-1996

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 901-907

  Kermode, M ^a,b   Crofts, N ^a   Speed, B ^c   Miller, P ^a   Streeton, J ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mantoux testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032878940     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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