Tuberculin reactivity among health care workers at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1034-1041

  Koshak, E A ^a   Tawfeeq, R Z ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BCG VACCINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 17144377877     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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