Tuberculosis infection among young nursing trainees in South India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Christopher, Devasahayam J ^a   Daley, Peter ^a   Armstrong, Lois ^a   James, Prince ^a   Gupta, Richa ^a   Premkumar, Beulah ^a   Michael, Joy Sarojini ^a   Vedha, Radha ^a   Zwerling, Alice ^b   Schiller, Ian ^c   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b,c   Pai, Madhukar ^b,d  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956410379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010408     Document Type: Article

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