Tuberculosis among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1993-2002

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 873-880

  Schneider, Eileen ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844370223     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.052456     Document Type: Article

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