Pitfalls of tuberculosis programmes in prisons

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7120, 1997, Pages 1447-1450

  Reyes, Hermán ^a   Coninx, Rudi ^a  

^a International Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; USSR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030726428     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7120.1447     Document Type: Short Survey

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