Historical risks of tuberculin skin test conversion among non-physician staff at a large urban hospital

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-235

  Miller, Aubrey K ^a,b   Tepper, Allison ^a   Sieber, Karl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b DHHS/USPHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital workers; Nosocomial transmission; Occupational exposure; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036719971     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10108     Document Type: Article

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