Tuberculosis in sheltered homeless population of Rome: An integrated model of recruitment for risk management

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Laurenti, Patrizia ^a   Bruno, Stefania ^a   Quaranta, Gianluigi ^a   La Torre, Giuseppe ^b   Cairo, Antonio G ^a   Nardella, Pierangela ^a   Delogu, Giovanni ^a   Fadda, Giovanni ^a   Pirronti, Tommaso ^a   Geraci, Salvatore ^c   Pelargonio, Salvatore ^d   Lauria, Francesco N ^e   Goletti, Delia ^e   Ricciardi, Gualtiero ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Caritas Health Service   (Italy)

^d Acisel Day Centre   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858130488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/396302     Document Type: Article

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