Coverage and yield of entry and follow-up screening for tuberculosis among new immigrants

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Erkens, C ^a   Slump, E ^a   Kamphorst, M ^b   Keizer, S ^c   Van Gerven, P J H J ^a   Bwire, R ^a   Berkel, M ^d   Borgdorff, M W ^a,c   Verver, S ^a,c  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Municipal Health Service Hart Voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Incidence; Migrants; Prevalence; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 52749091573     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00137907     Document Type: Article

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