Medical and social analysis of prisoners with tuberculosis in a Russian prison colony: An observational study [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-235

  Drobniewski, Francis ^a,e   Balabanova, Yanina ^a   Ruddy, Michael ^a   Fedorin, Ivan ^b   Melentyev, Alexander ^c   Mutovkin, Evgeny ^c   Kuznetzov, Sergey ^d  

^a United Kingdom Pub Hlth L S   (United Kingdom)

^b Samara Regional Tuberculosis Service   (Russian Federation)

^c Prison Medical Service   (Russian Federation)

^d Cardiology Department   (Russian Federation)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; RUSSIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037439534     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345530     Document Type: Letter

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