Tuberculin skin test reactions by time of reading among Dutch travellers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 758-763

  Cobelens, Frank ^a,b   Van Deutekom, H ^c   Draayer Jansen, I ^d   Schepp Beelen, A ^e,f   Van Gerven, P ^a,f   Mensen, M ^c  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^d Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^f Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methods; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0041660574     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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