Tuberculosis transmission at healthcare facilities in India

Lung India

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 33-34

  Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953405094     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.48893     Document Type: Editorial

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