Tuberculosis among asylum-seekers in the Netherlands: A descriptive study among the two largest groups of asylum-seekers;Tuberculose bij asielzoekers in Nederland: Descriptief onderzoek onder de 2 grootste groepen asielzoekers

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  De Vries, Gerard ^a,b   Gerritsen, Roald F ^c   Van Burg, Jan L ^d   Erkens, Connie G M ^a   Van Hest, N A H Rob ^e,f   Schimmel, Henrieke J ^b   Van Dissel, Jaap T ^b  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Hart Voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^d Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers   (Netherlands)

^e Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^f GGD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SCREENING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; REFUGEE; RISK;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84961789649     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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