Completeness of pediatric TB reporting in New York City

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-153

  San Gabriel, Pablo ^a,e   Saiman, Lisa ^a   Kaye, Katherine ^b   Silin, Muriel ^c   Onorato, Ida ^d   Schulte, Joann ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

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

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGISTRIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037361111     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phr/118.2.144     Document Type: Article

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