Towards the development of EU/EEA standards for tuberculosis care (ESTC)

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-495

  Migliori, G B ^a   Sotgiu, G ^b   Blasi, F ^c   Zumla, A ^d   Loddenkemper, R ^f   Raviglionee, M C ^g   Abubakar, I ^e   Sandgren, A ^h   Manissero, D ^h  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis DZK   (Germany)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULMONARY MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053061470     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00094211     Document Type: Editorial

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