Completion of screening for latent tuberculosis infection among immigrants

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Carvalho, A C C ^a   Saleri, N ^a   El Hamad, I ^a,b   Tedoldi, S ^a   Capone, S ^a   Pezzoli, M C ^a   Zaccaria, M ^b   Pizzocolo, A ^b   Scarcella, C ^b   Matteelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b District Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENEGAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14044276831     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003061     Document Type: Article

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