Tuberculosis in health care workers during declining tuberculosis incidence in New York State

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 519-526

  Driver, Cynthia R ^a,c   Stricof, Rachel L ^a   Granville, Karen ^a   Munsiff, Sonal S ^a,b   Savranskaya, Galina ^a   Kearns, Cheryl ^a   Christie, Athalia ^b   Oxtoby, Margaret ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 27644467800     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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