Tuberculosis screening and follow-up of asylum seekers in Norway: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Harstad, Ingunn ^a   Heldal, Einar ^b   Steinshamn, Sigurd L ^a,c   Garsen, Helge ^a,d   Jacobsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Department of Health and Social Welfare ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REGISTER; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651160710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-141     Document Type: Article

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