Latent tuberculosis in nursing professionals of a Brazilian hospital

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Severo, Karen Gisele Person ^a   Oliveira, Julia Da Silva ^a   Carneiro, Marcelo ^a,b   Valim, Andréia Rosane De Moura ^a   Krummenauer, Eliane Carlosso ^b   Possuelo, Lia Gonçalves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Santa Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health Care Workers; Tuberculin Skin Test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955972982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-15     Document Type: Article

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