Americans' Knowledge and Perceived Risk of Tuberculosis

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-215

  Ailinger, Rita L ^a   Lasus, Howard ^a   Dear, Margaret ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Health Interview Survey; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037872195     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0737-1209.2003.20308.x     Document Type: Article

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