A comparison of two-step tuberculin skin test between health-care workers and nonhospital employees

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-204

  Nikokar, Iraj ^a   Dadgran, Ameneh ^b   Mafozei, Lida ^b  

^a Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology of Infectious Diseases   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NORMAL HUMAN; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKIN INDURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78249279658     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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