Active tuberculosis among homeless persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-365

  Khan, Kamran ^a,b   Rea, Elizabeth ^b,c   Mcdermaid, Cameron ^d   Stuart, Rebecca ^c   Chambers, Catharine ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Chan, Angie ^a   Gardam, Michael ^b,e   Jamieson, Frances ^b,f   Yang, Jae ^a   Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d CITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPUTUM SMEAR; SURVIVAL TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952392149     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.100833     Document Type: Article

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