The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Harstad, Ingunn ^a   Jacobsen, Geir W ^a   Heldal, Einar ^b   Winje, Brita A ^b   Vahedi, Saeed ^c   Helvik, Anne Sofie ^a   Steinshamn, Sigurd L ^a,d   Garåsen, Helge ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e City of Trondheim   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049402858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-670     Document Type: Article

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