TBNet: The impact of an innovative public-private intervention on tuberculosis control among an internationally mobile population

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-241

  Combellick, Joan ^a,b   Zuroweste, E D ^c,d   Gany, Francesca M ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hudson River Health Care   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Migrant Clinicians Network   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Detainee; International migration; Patient navigation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80052646697     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2011.592805     Document Type: Review

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