Experts sound alarm as Syrian crisis fuels spread of tuberculosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cousins, Sophie ^a  

^a NONE   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYRIAN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TRANSMISSION; WAR;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; REFUGEES; SYRIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR;

EID: 84917691198     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7397     Document Type: Note

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