Missed opportunities to prevent tuberculosis in foreign-born persons, Connecticut, 2005-2008

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1044-1049

  Guh, Alice ^a,b   Sosa, L ^b   Hadler, J L ^b   Lobato, M N ^a  

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

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Latent tuberculosis infection; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONNECTICUT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960432714     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0518     Document Type: Article

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