Tuberculosis and tuberculosis control in European prisons

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1215-1223

  Aerts, A ^a   Hauer, B ^b   Wanlin, M ^a   Veen, Jaap ^c,d  

^a Belgian Lung and Tuberculosis Association   (Belgium)

^b German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis   (Germany)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d Project HOPE Central Asia   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Prisoners; Prisons; TB screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33750841243     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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