Two-step tuberculin testing of passengers and crew on a commercial airplane

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Wang, Pair Dong ^a  

^a Taipei Municipal Chronic Dis Hosp   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AIRCRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034087012     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.103555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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