Screening of hospital workers for pulmonary tuberculosis in a medical center in Taiwan

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 510-511

  Wang, Fu Der ^a,b   Chang, Chi Hwar ^a   Su, Wei Juin ^a,b   Shih, Jen Fu ^a,b   Hsiao, Kuang Ming ^a,b   Chern, Ming Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Te Li ^a   Lin, Ming Yin ^a,b   Chen, Yin Yin ^a,b   Lee, Chen Hsen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TAIWAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33744801930     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503639     Document Type: Article

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