Tuberculosis in healthcare workers;Tuberkulose im Gesundheitswesen

Pneumologie

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Nienhaus, A ^a  

^a Fachbereich Gesundheitsschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ASSAY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMELESSNESS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 65649094392     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: 14388790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100828     Document Type: Review

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