Missed opportunities for tuberculosis prevention in New York City, 2003

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Slopen, Meredith E ^a   Laraque, Fabienne ^a   Piatek, Amy S ^a   Ahuja, Shama D ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant health; management; prevention; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051692212     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31820759b8     Document Type: Article

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