Tuberculosis among immigrants from developing countries in the province of Milan, 1993-1996

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 589-595

  Codecasa, Luigi R ^a   Porretta, A D ^b   Gori, A ^b   Franzetti, F ^b   Degli Esposti, A ^b   Lizioli, A ^b   Carreri, V ^b   Di Proietto, M C ^b   Perozziello, F ^b   Besozzi, G ^b  

^a Istituto Villa Marelli   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Immigration; Italy; RFLP DNA fingerprinting; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032812045     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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