Protecting health care workers from tuberculosis in China: A review of policy and practice in China and the United States

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-109

  Chai, Shua J ^a   Mattingly, Daniel C ^b   Varma, Jay K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; health policy; Occupational tuberculosis; United States

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CHINA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84872245665     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs029     Document Type: Article

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