Screening of immigrants and refugees for pulmonary tuberculosis in San Diego County, California

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Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1777-1782

  LoBue, Philip A ^a   Moser, Kathleen S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b S Diego Co Hlth/Hum Serv Agy   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Refugee; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10444240303     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.6.1777     Document Type: Article

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