Increased risk of tuberculosis in health care workers: A retrospective survey at a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Cuhadaroglu, Caglar ^a   Erelel, Mustafa ^a   Tabak, Levent ^a   Kilicaslan, Zeki ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 2942565889     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-14     Document Type: Article

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