Pulmonary tuberculosis infection among workers in the informal public transport sector in Lima, Peru

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-165

  Horna Campos, Olivia Janett ^a   Consiglio, Ezequiel ^b   Sánchez Pérez, Hector J ^c   Navarro, Albert ^a   Caylà, Joan A ^d   Martín Mateo, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULIN TEST; WORKER;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78751642197     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051128     Document Type: Article

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