Adherence by Dutch Public Health Nurses to the National Guidelines for Tuberculosis Contact Investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mulder, Christiaan ^a,b   Harting, Janneke ^b   Jansen, Niesje ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   van Leth, Frank ^a,b  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTACT INVESTIGATION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RATE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869137950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049649     Document Type: Article

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