Tuberculosis in the foreign-born population of Tarrant County, Texas by immigration status

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 953-957

  Weis, Stephen E ^a   Moonan, Patrick K ^b   Pogoda, Janice M ^b   Turk, Le ^b   King, Barbara ^b   Freeman Thompson, Sherry ^b   Burgess, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foreign born; HIV; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035883585     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.6.2102132     Document Type: Article

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