Prevalence of active and latent TB among inmates in a prison hospital in Bahia, Brazil;Prevalência de TB ativa e TB latente em internos de um hospital penal na Bahia

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Lemos, Antônio Carlos Moreira ^b   Matos, Eliana Dias ^a,c   Bittencourt, Carolina Nunes ^d  

^a s/no ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^d Bahia State Health Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Prevalence; Prisons; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449236449     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000100009     Document Type: Article

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