Risk of transmission of tuberculosis among inmates of an Australian prison

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-450

  MacIntyre, C R ^a,b   Carnie, J ^b   Randall, M ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BCG VACCINATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BCG VACCINE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033393016     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026889900312X     Document Type: Article

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