The resurgence of tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland: Perceptions and reality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 620-624

  Pringle, Dennis ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Immigration; Ireland; Media; Migrants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59649102145     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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