Predictive model to identify positive tuberculosis skin test results during contact investigations

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 996-1002

  Bailey, William C ^a,c   Gerald, Lynn B ^a,b,c   Kimerling, Michael E ^a,c   Redden, David ^d   Brook, Nancy ^a,b,c,e   Bruce, Frank ^a,c   Tang, Shenghui ^b,c   Duncan, Steve ^a,c   Michael Brooks, C ^a   Dunlap, Nancy E ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e Alabama Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0037181182     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.8.996     Document Type: Article

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