Active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among homeless people in Seoul, South Korea: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Chang Hoon ^a,b   Jeong, Yun Jeong ^b,c   Heo, Eun Young ^a   Park, Jong Sun ^d   Lee, Ji Sun ^b   Lee, Byoung Jun ^b,e   Park, Young Sik ^b   Song, Eun Hee ^b   Yang, Yun Jung ^b   Cho, Young Soo ^f   Cho, En Hi ^g   Na, Kyoung In ^g   Oh, Eun Jeong ^g   Lee, Jin Beom ^h   Oh, Soo Yeon ^h   Kim, Heejin ^h   Park, Chang Min ^b   Yim, Jae Joon ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

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

^h Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active pulmonary TB (PTB); Homeless; Latent TB infection (LTBI); Prevalence; Tuberculosis; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880980649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-720     Document Type: Article

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