The risk of occupational tuberculosis in serbian health care workers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Skodric Trifunovic, V ^a   Markovic Denic, L ^b   Nagorni Obradovic, L ^a   Vlajinac, H ^b   Woeltje, K F ^c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Occupational risk; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BCG VACCINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKING TIME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67649510132     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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