Overseas screening for tuberculosis in U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2406-2415

  Liu, Yecai ^a   Weinberg, Michelle S ^a   Ortega, Luis S ^a   Painter, John A ^a   Maloney, Susan A ^b  

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

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66649108017     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0809497     Document Type: Article

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