Geo-epidemiologic and molecular characterization to identify social, cultural, and economic factors where targeted tuberculosis control activities can reduce incidence in Maryland, 2004-2010

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 104-114

  Prussing, Catharine ^a   Castillo Salgado, Carlos ^a   Baruch, Nancy ^b   Cronin, Wendy A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887855896     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131286s314     Document Type: Article

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