Tuberculin test conversion among employees of a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Aaudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 228-231

  Al Kawan, Rashed ^a   Erasmus, Robert J E ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Converters; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROCONVERSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033380089     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.228     Document Type: Article

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