Increased tuberculosis risk among immigrants arriving in California with abnormal domestic chest radiographs

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 73-79

  Wong, J ^a,b   Lowenthal, P ^a   Flood, J ^a   Watt, J ^a   Barry, P M ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Immigration; Inactive TB; TB prevention and control; TB screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85039075283     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0340     Document Type: Article

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