A tuberculin screening and isoniazid preventive therapy program in an inner-city population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Bock, Naomi N ^a   Metzger, Brian S ^a   Tapia, Jane R ^a   Blumberg, Henry M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0032901879     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9807020     Document Type: Article

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