Tuberculosis control in a large urban jail: Discordance between policy and reality

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 442-447

  Rutz, Heather J ^e   Bur, Sarah ^a   Lobato, Mark N ^b   Baucom, Sharon ^c   Bohle, Elizabeth ^d   Baruch, Nancy G ^e  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

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

^c Howard County Health Department   (United States)

^d Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

^e MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrections; Evaluation; Jails; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGO; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; EVALUATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 56149118002     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000333878.55572.ed     Document Type: Article

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