Tuberculin survey among school-aged children in Ahvaz, Iran, 2006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-409

  Alavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Sefidgaran, Gholam Hossein ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ARI; BCG vaccine; Latent tuberculosis; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44949151810     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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