Pulmonary TB among myanmar migrants in samut sakhon province, Thailand: A problem or not for the TB control program?

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 296-305

  Wongkongdech, Ranee ^a   Srisaenpang, Sompong ^a   Tungsawat, Sasithorn ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Myanmar migrant workers; Prevalence; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Symptom screening; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944877875     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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