Tuberculosis among dislocated North Koreans entering Republic of Korea since 1999

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-967

  Choi, Chang Min ^a   June, Jung Hee ^b   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Park, Jung Tak ^a   Oh, Soo Yon ^c   Lee, Jin Beom ^c   Lee, Chang Hoon ^c   Yim, Jae Joon ^c   Kim, Hee Jin ^c,d  

^a The Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Management and Welfare Team   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dislocated North Korean; Latent TB infection; Refugees; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 38349175916     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.6.963     Document Type: Article

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