Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Title
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Keywords
Tuberculosis, Jobs, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nurses, Technicians, Computed axial tomography, Vaccination and immunization, Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages e66412
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2013-06-19
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0066412
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