Incidence of tuberculosis in Piedmont Region in the period 2001-2003;Incidenza della tubercolosi nella Regione Piemonte nel periodo 2001-2003

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Baussano, Iacopo ^a,b   Abbona, Francesca ^c   Veljkovic, Aleksandar ^c,d   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Unit of Pneumology   (Italy)

^d ASO OIRM Sant'Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

High low prevalence countries; Immigration; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 54449092138     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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