Tuberculosis in county jail prisoners in the western sector of the city of São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-208

  Abrahão, Regina Maura Cabral Melo ^a   Nogueira, P A ^a   Malucelli, M I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

County jails; Jailed prisoners; Laboratory investigations; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33244460065     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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