Tuberculosis in health care workers from a public health service in Santiago, Chile;Tuberculosis en el personal de salud del servicio de salud metropolitano sur de Santiago, Chile

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Fica, Alberto C ^a   Ramonda, Paulina C ^b   Jemenao, M Irene P ^a   Zambrano, Alejandra G ^c   Cifuentes, Marcela D ^d   Febre, Naldy V ^e   Ajenjo, M Cristina H ^c   Delpiano, Luis M ^d   Diomedi, Alexis P ^f  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Programa de Tuberculosis   (Spain)

^c Rheumatology Service   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^e CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^f HOSPITAL DEL SALVADOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Health care workers; Occupational exposure; Ttuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949197148     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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