Tuberculosis among health care workers

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 488-494

  Baussano, Iacopo ^a,b,c   Nunn, Paul ^d   Williams, Brian ^d   Pivetta, Emanuele ^e,f   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^g   Scano, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Centro per la Prevenzione Oncologica Piemonte   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f Centro di Riferimento per l'Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica   (Italy)

^g Regional Reference Centre for Tuberculosis Prevention   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952332029     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.100947     Document Type: Article

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