Can the economic crisis have an impact on tuberculosis in the EU/EEA?

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  van der Werf, M J ^a   Giesecke, J ^a   Sprenger, M ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; SOCIAL WELFARE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84859079514     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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