Assessing the risk of tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers: The Melbourne Mantoux study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 569-573

  Stuart, R L ^a   Bennett, N J ^a   Forbes, A B ^a   Grayson, M L ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035806058     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143437.x     Document Type: Article

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