Healthcare workers' challenges in the implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control measures in Mozambique

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Brouwer, Miranda ^a   Coelho, Eliana ^b   Das Dores Mosse, Carla ^b   Brondi, Luciana ^c   Winterton, Laura ^d   Van Leth, Frank ^e  

^a HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^c Ministry of Health Provincial Directorate ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919362568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114364     Document Type: Article

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