Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Two Employees at a Skilled Nursing Facility: Screening and Treatment Protocols

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Dillon, Keira ^a   Herip, Donald ^a   Petersen, Ellen ^a  

^a PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 33644787867     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990505301104     Document Type: Article

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