Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to and from children and adolescents

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-123

  Starke, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0035035525     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spid.2001.22785     Document Type: Article

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