The epidemiology of tuberculosis among primary refugee arrivals in Minnesota between 1997 and 2001

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Varkey, Prathibha ^a   Jerath, Aarti U ^a   Bagniewski, Stephanie M ^a   Lesnick, Timothy G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33846303900     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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