Prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus, and HIV in homeless people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 859-870

  Beijer, Ulla ^a,b   Wolf, Achim ^c   Fazel, Seena ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EMBASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84867906146     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70177-9     Document Type: Article

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