Screening for tuberculosis at an adult education center: Results of a community-based participatory process

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1264-1267

  Wieland, Mark L ^a   Weis, Jennifer A ^a   Olney, Marilynn W ^b   Alemán, Marty ^c   Sullivan, Susan ^d   Millington, Kendra ^e   O'Hara, Connie ^b   Nigon, Julie A ^b   Sia, Irene G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Hawthorne Education Center   (United States)

^c Olmsted County Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^d WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958851191     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300024     Document Type: Article

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