TB in migrants

European Respiratory Monograph

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-205

  Pontali, Emanuele ^a   Sotgiu, Giovanni ^b  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection; Migrants; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870821149     PISSN: 1025448X     EISSN: 20756674     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1183/1025448x.10023711     Document Type: Article

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