Tuberculosis in newly arrived asylum seekers: A prospective 12 month surveillance study at Friedland, Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 219, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 811-815

  Meier, Volker ^a   Artelt, Tanja ^b   Cierpiol, Stefanie ^a   Gossner, Johannes ^a   Scheithauer, Simone ^b  

^a Sleep Laboratory   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Migrant; Public health; Refugee; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; X RAY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; X-RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994120887     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.07.018     Document Type: Article

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