Long-term risk of tuberculosis among immigrants in Norway

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1005-1011

  Farah, M G ^a,b   Meyer, H E ^a,b   Selmer, R ^a   Heldal, E ^a   Bjune, G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Incidence; Long term; Norway; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

SOMALIA;

EID: 27544439430     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi058     Document Type: Article

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