Migration: An opportunity for the improved management of tuberculosis worldwide

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Falzon, Dannis ^a   Zignol, Matteo ^a   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^b   Nunn, Paul ^a   Raviglione, Mario C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ethics; Prevention and control; Screening; Transients and migrants; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867025286     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2427/7524     Document Type: Article

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