Rate of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among hospital workers;Prevalenza dell'infezione da Mycobacterium tuberculosis in un gruppo di lavoratori ospedalieri

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 26, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 164-166

  BertoIazzi, M E ^a   Di Giacomo, G R ^a  

^a Azienda ULSS 9   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Occupational risk; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8644277211     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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