Extrapulmonary tuberculosis among Somalis in Minnesota

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1434-1436

  Rock, R Bryan ^a,b   Sutherland, Wendy M ^c   Baker, Cristina ^a,b   Williams, David N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749029010     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.050295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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