Underuse of effective measures to prevent and manage pediatric tuberculosis in the United States

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 426-431

  Lobato, Mark N ^a   Sun, Sumi J ^b   Moonan, Patrick K ^a,c   Weis, Stephen E ^c   Saiman, Lisa ^d   Reichard, Audrey A ^a,e   Feja, Kristina ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; CASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049144320     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.5.426     Document Type: Article

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