Community health workers improve contact tracing among immigrants with tuberculosis in Barcelona

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ospina, Jesús Edison ^a,b   Orcau, Àngels ^a,c   Millet, Juan Pablo ^a,b,c   Sánchez, Francesca ^d   Casals, Martí ^a,c,e,f   Caylà, Joan A ^a,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857778977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-15822394990     Document Type: Article

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