Epidemiology of tuberculosis among US- And foreign-born children and adolescents in the United States, 1994-2007

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1724-1729

  Menzies, Heather J ^a   Winston, Carla A ^a   Holtz, Timothy H ^a   Cain, Kevin P ^a   Mac Kenzie, William R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956244973     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.181289     Document Type: Article

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