Tuberculosis and immigration

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 209-212

  Ormerod, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BCG VACCINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030568747     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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