Mandatory tuberculosis case notification in high tuberculosis-incidence countries: Policy and practice

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1571-1581

  Uplekar, Mukund ^a   Atre, Sachin ^b   Wells, William A ^c   Weil, Diana ^a   Lopez, Rafael ^a   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^d   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85006094578     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00956-2016     Document Type: Review

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