Juvenile household contacts aged 15 or younger of patients with pulmonary TB in the greater metropolitan area of Vitória, Brazil: A cohort study;Comunicantes domiciliares jovens de pacientes com TB pulmonar na região da grande Vitória (ES): Um estudo de coorte

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia ^a   Vieira, Luiza Werner Heringer ^a   Molina, Lucília Pereira Dutra ^a   Alves, Rosana ^b   Prado, Thiago Nascimento do ^a   Dietze, Reynaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649525590     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000400010     Document Type: Article

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