Environmental factors relating to a mass outbreak of tuberculosis in a junior high school

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 733-738

  Toyota, Makoto ^a  

^a Hata Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Building; Environmental factor; Junior high school; Sulfer hexafluoride (SF6); Tuberculosis outbreak; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VENTILATION;

EID: 0347992971     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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