Document ID (ISN) | 66221 |
CIS number |
96-155 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews |
Year |
1994 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Markowitz S.B. |
Title |
Epidemiology of tuberculosis among health care workers |
Bibliographic information |
Oct.-Dec. 1994, Vol.9, No.4, p.589-608. 53 ref. |
Abstract |
Factors such as poor environmental, hygienic, and infection controls responsible for the excessive conversion rates found among health care workers in numerous studies are explored. The role of outbreak investigations, surveillance studies, and current epidemiologic studies in efforts to control the hazard of airborne tuberculosis in the workplace are reviewed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
tuberculosis; pathogenesis; health services; pulmonary tuberculosis |
Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; risk factors; epidemiologic study; probability analysis |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Health care services Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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