A follow-up study on healthcare workers "exposed" to patients with tuberculosis;Esposizione ospedaliera a pazienti affetti da tubercolosi polmonare: Risultato del follow-up degli esposti

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 26, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 214-216

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

^a Azienda ULSS 9   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Occupational exposure; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 8644279722     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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