Tuberculosis among community-based health care researchers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1576-1581

  Claassens, Mareli M ^a   Sismanidis, C ^b   Lawrence, K A ^a   Godfrey Faussett, P ^b   Ayles, H ^b   Enarson, D A ^c   Beyers, N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Community based; Health care workers; HIV; Infection control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649347997     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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