Commentary: Evaluating the tuberculosis burden in prisoners in Pakistan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 799-801

  White, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

TUBERCULOSIS;

CROWDING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0142216591     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg272     Document Type: Note

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