Tuberculosis in South-East Asian refugees after resettlement - Can prevention be improved by better policy and practice?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 815-820

  MacIntyre, C R ^a   Plant, A J ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isoniazid; Prevention; Refugees; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032407167     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0364     Document Type: Article

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