Tuberculosis in older adults in the United States, 1993-2008

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 851-857

  Pratt, Robert H ^a   Winston, Carla A ^b   Kammerer, J Steve ^a   Armstrong, Lori R ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

aged; diagnosis; surveillance; treatment outcomes; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956038836     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03369.x     Document Type: Article

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