Persistent risk of tuberculosis in migrants, a decade after arrival in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 528-531

  McPherson, Michelle E ^a,b   Kelly, Heath ^c   Patel, Mahomed S ^b   Leslie, David ^c  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 45949109598     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01768.x     Document Type: Article

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