Screening for tuberculosis on admission to highly endemic prisons? The case of Rio de Janeiro State prisons

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1247-1252

  Sanchez, Alexandra ^a   Larouze B ^b,c   Espinola, A B ^a   Pires, J ^a   Capone, D ^d   Gerhardt, G ^e   Cesconi, V ^a   Procopio, M J ^f   Hijjar, M ^f   Massari, V ^b,c  

^a Programa de Controle de Tuberculose   (Brazil)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e Fundação Athaulfo de Paiva   (Brazil)

^f SVS/MS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Prisons; Screening; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COUGHING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350115947     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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