Post-migration follow-up of migrants at risk of tuberculosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 692-

  Bozorgmehr, Kayvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; HUMAN;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85020944668     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30329-8     Document Type: Letter

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