Tuberculosis in the homeless: A prospective study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 460-464

  Moss, A R ^a   Hahn, J A ^a   Tulsky, J P ^a   Daley, C L ^a   Small, P M ^a   Hopewell, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033849134     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9910055     Document Type: Article

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