Tuberculin skin test conversion among medical students at a teaching hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 591-594

  Silva, Vania M C ^a   Cunha, Antonio Jose Ledo A ^a   Kritski, Afranio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0036793411     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501976     Document Type: Article

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