Equity in health: Tuberculosis in the Bolivian immigrant community of São Paulo, Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1417-1424

  Martinez, Vanessa N ^a   Komatsu, Naomi K ^b   De Figueredo, Sumie M ^b   Waldman, Eliseu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Endocrinology Service of Municipal Hospital of Saõ Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health equity; Latin American immigrants; Public policies; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE; ÉQUITÉ EN SANTÉ; EPIDEMIOLOGÍA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIDAD EN SALUD; HEALTH EQUITY; IMMIGRANTS LATINO-AMÉRICAINS; INMIGRANTES LATINOAMERICANOS; LATIN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS; POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS; POLITIQUES PUBLIQUES; PUBLIC POLICIES; TUBERCULOSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84867907710     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03074.x     Document Type: Article

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