Tuberculin reactivity among health care workers in nonhospital settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Shah, Syed M ^a,b   Ross, Allen G ^a   Chotani, Rashid ^c   Arif, Ahmed A ^d   Neudorf, Cordell ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33746284219     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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