Tuberculosis in complex emergencies

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 637-640

  Coninx, Rudi ^a  

^a International Committee of the Red Cross   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANITARIAN AID; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AFRICA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMALIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548220011     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.037630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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