Tuberculin skin test reaction and body mass index in old age home residents in Hong Kong

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1592-1597

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,e   Dai, David L K ^b   Cheung, Amy H K ^a   Chan, Felix H W ^a   Kam, Kai Man ^c   Tam, Cheuk Ming ^d   Leung, Chi Chiu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BMI; Old age home residents; Predictors of TB; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34848857405     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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