Use of BCG vaccination [9] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9241, 2000, Pages 1609-1610

  Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Macallan, Derek C ^b   Lewis, David J M ^b   Lifson, Alan R ^c   Cohn, David L ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

BCG VACCINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; ADULT; NOTE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BCG VACCINE; HUMANS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034605636     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74459-7     Document Type: Letter

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