Tuberculosis in migrant populations. A systematic review of the qualitative literature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Tomás, Bruno Abarca ^a   Pell, Christopher ^b,c   Cavanillas, Aurora Bueno ^a,d,e   Solvas, José Guillén ^a,d,e   Pool, Robert ^b,c   Roura, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LIFESTYLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIETY; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84891940918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082440     Document Type: Review

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