Same but Different: Tuberculosis Treatment and Care Among Migrants from Different Countries of Origin in Israel

Lung

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 863-867

  Eisenberg, Jonathan R ^a   Lidji, Moshe ^b   Gelfer, Eugenia ^c   Zehavi, Noa ^c   Grotto, Itamar ^c,d   Mor, Zohar ^c,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israeli Medical Association   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Ramla Department of Health   (Israel)

Author keywords

Horn of Africa; Israel; Migrants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937111143     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-014-9635-0     Document Type: Article

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