Tuberculosis in UK cities: Workload and effectiveness of tuberculosis control programmes

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bothamley, Graham H ^a   Kruijshaar, Michelle E ^b   Kunst, Heinke ^c   Woltmann, Gerrit ^d   Cotton, Mark ^e   Saralaya, Dinesh ^f   Woodhead, Mark A ^g   Watson, John P ^h   Chapman, Ann L N ⁱ  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

CITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 82155186115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-896     Document Type: Article

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