Giving TB wheels: Public transportation as a risk factor for tuberculosis transmission

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Feske, Marsha L ^a,b   Teeter, Larry D ^a   Musser, James M ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Incidence; Public transportation; Surveillance; TB control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655169712     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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