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Tuberculosis screening and follow-up of asylum seekers in Norway: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: About 80% of new tuberculosis cases in Norway occur among immigrants from high incidence countries. On arrival to the country all asylum seekers are screened with Mantoux test and chest x-ray aimed to identify cases of active tuberculosis and, in the case of latent tuberculosis, to offer...
Autores principales: | Harstad, Ingunn, Heldal, Einar, Steinshamn, Sigurd L, Garåsen, Helge, Jacobsen, Geir W |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689201/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-141 |
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