Tuberculosis among migrant populations in the European Union and the European Economic Area

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 506-512

  Odone, Anna ^a,b   Tillmann, Taavi ^c   Sandgren, Andreas ^d   Williams, Gemma ^e   Rechel, Bernd ^c   Ingleby, David ^f   Noori, Teymur ^d   Mladovsky, Philipa ^e   McKee, Martin ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939535289     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku208     Document Type: Article

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