Targeting tuberculosis testing: The yield of source case investigations for young children with reactive tuberculin skin tests

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 366-372

  Driver, Cynthia R ^a   Cordova, Isabel M ^a   Munsiff, Sonal S ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036664968     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50173-5     Document Type: Article

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