Methodological issues in quantifying the magnitude of the tuberculosis problem in a prison population

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 662-667

  Rieder, Hans L ^a,b   Anderson, C ^c   Dara, M ^d   Hauer, B ^e   Helbling, P ^f   Kam, K M ^g   Zwahlen, M ^h  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^g DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prisons; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79954509542     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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