Estimating the coverage of a targeted mobile tuberculosis screening programme among illicit drug users and homeless persons with truncated models

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 628-635

  van Hest, N A H ^a,b   De vries, G ^a,b   Smit, F ^c,d   Grant, A D ^e   Richardus, J H ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41549101654     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009235     Document Type: Article

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