Tuberculosis along the United States-Mexico border, 1993-2001

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-34

  Schneider, Eileen ^a   Laserson, Kayla F ^a   Wells, Charles D ^a   Moore, Marisa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antitubercular agents; International cooperation; Mexico; Population surveillance; Tuberculosis; United states

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6944229325     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892004000700004     Document Type: Article

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