Tuberculosis in Nazilli District Prison, Turkey, 1997-2001

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Kiter, G ^a   Arpaz, S ^b   Keskin, S ^b   Sezgin, N ^b   Budin, D ^b   Seref, O ^c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nazilli TB Control Dispensary   (Turkey)

^c Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevalence; Prison; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 0037314748     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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