Organisation of a tuberculosis prevalence survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1365-1369

  Van Leth, F ^a,b   Cobelens, F G ^a,b   Onozaki, I ^c  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field activities; Organisation; Prevalence survey; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 58049211376     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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