Tuberculin skin testing among economically disadvantaged youth in a federally funded job training program

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 671-679

  Lifson, Alan R ^a,d   Halcón, Linda L ^a   Johnston, Ann M ^a   Hayman, Charles R ^b   Hannan, Peter ^a   Miller, Carol A ^b   Valway, Sarah E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b United States Department of Labor   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Skin tests; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INCOME; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033119879     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009868     Document Type: Article

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