Impact of tuberculosis control measures and crowding on the incidence of tuberculous infection in Maryland prisons

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1060-1067

  Raina MacIntyre, C ^a   Kendig, Newton ^b   Kummer, Leslie ^b   Birago, Susan ^b   Graham, Neil M H ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CROWDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20644458539     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513632     Document Type: Article

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