Improved program activities are associated with decreasing tuberculosis incidence in the United States

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-115

  Lobato, Mark N ^a,d   Wang, Yong Cheng ^a,b   Becerra, Jose E ^a   Simone, Patricia M ^a,c   Castro, Kenneth G ^a  

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

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LARYNGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645455415     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100202     Document Type: Article

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