Elevated risk of tuberculosis by occupation with special reference to health care workers

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Usui, Toshio ^a   Yamanaka, Katsumi ^b   Nomura, Hisashi ^c   Tokudome, Shinkan ^d  

^a Nagoya City Nakamura Health Center   (Japan)

^b Nagoya City Central School of Nursing   (Japan)

^c Naka Health Center   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Incidence; Occupation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033628813     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.1     Document Type: Article

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