Risk factors for tuberculosis in foreign-born people (FBP) in Italy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ingrosso, Loredana ^a   Vescio, Fenicia ^a   Giuliani, Massimo ^a   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^b   Fattorini, Lanfranco ^a   Severoni, Santino ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Division of Policy and Governance for Health and Well being   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; MYCOBACTERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; RISK;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84899637513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094728     Document Type: Article

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