Tuberculosis risk in US Peace Corps Volunteers, 1996 to 2005

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Jung, Paul ^a   Banks, Richard H ^a  

^a Office of Medical Services DC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORBIDITY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PEACE CORPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 40849116446     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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