Self-reported tuberculosis disease and tuberculin skin testing in the New York City House Ballroom community

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1068-1073

  Marks, Suzanne M ^a,b   Murrill, Chris ^c   Sanchez, Travis ^a   Liu, Kai Lih ^c   Finlayson, Teresa ^a   Guilin, Vincent ^c  

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

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44849144368     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.096123     Document Type: Article

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