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Tuberculosis Screening of Residents and Staff in Long-term Care Facilities

  1. Arjun S. Chanmugam MD,
  2. Thomas d. Kirsch MD,
  3. Eduardo A. DE Obeso,
  4. Guohua Li MD,
  5. Gabor D. Kelen MD

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02479.x

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 5, Issue 6, pages 652–653, June 1998

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Chanmugam, A. S., Kirsch, T. d., Obeso, E. A. D., Li, G. and Kelen, G. D. (1998), Tuberculosis Screening of Residents and Staff in Long-term Care Facilities. Academic Emergency Medicine, 5: 652–653. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02479.x

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

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Keywords:

  • tuberculosis;
  • screening;
  • long-term care facilities;
  • occupational health

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