Latino immigrants' knowledge of tuberculosis

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 519-523

  Ailinger, Rita L ^a   Armstrong, Rachel ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^b   Lasus, Howard ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arlington Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Latino; LTBI; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10044283089     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21603.x     Document Type: Article

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