Evaluation of underreporting tuberculosis in Central Italy by means of record linkage

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Melosini, Lorenza ^a   Vetrano, Umberto ^b   Dente, Federico L ^a   Cristofano, Michele ^b   Giraldi, Mauro ^b   Gabbrielli, Luciano ^a   Novelli, Federica ^a   Aquilini, Ferruccio ^a   Rindi, Laura ^b   Menichetti, Francesco ^b   Freer, Giulia ^b   Paggiaro, Pierluigi L ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

TB notifications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84862489269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-472     Document Type: Article

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