Survey of tuberculosis incidents in hospital healthcare workers, England and Wales, 2005

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Anderson, Charlotte ^a   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a   Maguire, Helen ^a   Sonnenberg, Pam ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hospitals; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WALES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548259545     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm042     Document Type: Article

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