Tuberculosis incidence in Turin, Italy, 1973-1999

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Faggiano, Fabrizio ^a,b   Vigna Taglianti, F D ^a   Versino, E ^a   Salamina, G ^b   Bugiani, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Piedmont Reg Center Addict Epidem   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit 4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Notification; Trends; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2442417774     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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