Tuberculosis among healthcare workers, United States, 1995-2007

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1126-1132

  Lambert, Lauren A ^a   Pratt, Robert H ^a   Armstrong, Lori R ^a   Haddad, Maryam B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867468910     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668016     Document Type: Article

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