Tuberculosis in healthcare workers at a general hospital in Mexico

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 449-452

  Laniado Laborín, Rafael ^a,b   Cabrales Vargas, Noemí ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33744831965     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503641     Document Type: Article

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