Knowledge of tuberculosis transmission among recently infected patients in Glasgow

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1004-1012

  Jackson, A D ^a   McMenamin, J ^a   Brewster, N ^b   Ahmed, S ^b   Reid, M E ^c  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Contact tracing; Tuberculosis; Understanding

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERCEPTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BODY FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; SCOTLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51249085742     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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