Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Jia, Hongyan ^a   Liu, Fei ^a   Pan, Liping ^a   Xing, Aiying ^a   Gu, Shuxiang ^a   Du, Boping ^a   Sun, Qi ^a   Wei, Rongrong ^a   Zhang, Zongde ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879166704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066412     Document Type: Article

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