Contribution of a shelter-based survey for screening respiratory diseases in the homeless

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-160

  Badiaga, Skn ^a,b   Richet, Herv ^a,c,d   Azas, Patricia ^e   Zandotti, Christine ^c,d   Rey, Franoise ^e   Charrel, Rmi ^c,d   Benabdelkader, El Hadi ^e   Drancourt, Michel ^a,c,d   Raoult, Didier ^a,c,d   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,c,f  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Service d'Accueil des Urgences   (France)

^c Hpitaux de Marseille ^*  (France)

^d Fdration de Bactriologie Virologie Hygine   (France)

^e Centre de Lutte Anti tuberculeuse   (France)

^f Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales   (France)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Influenza; Respiratory diseases; Shelter based survey; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOSE SMEAR; NURSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249132262     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn142     Document Type: Article

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