"Rates of Completion of INH Prophylaxis in PPD⁺ Asian Americans in New York City."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, North American Region, Second Mid-Year Conference, held February 27 - March 2, 1997, in Chicago, Illinois, "Introduction: An active INH prophylaxis program is central to TB control efforts. Few recent studies, however, have examined rates of INH prophylaxis completion among groups with high rates of TB infection and disease. Rationale: The group with the highest rates of tuberculosis in New York City is Asian Americans. We therefore sought to determine the rates of completion of INH prophylaxis in this group. Setting: Chinatown Health Clinic, a...

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