An ecological study of tuberculosis transmission in California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 685-690

  Myers, Ward P ^a   Westenhouse, Janice L ^b   Flood, Jennifer ^b   Riley, Lee W ^c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d 140 Warren Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWDING; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33645463319     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048132     Document Type: Article

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