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Community health workers improve contact tracing among immigrants with tuberculosis in Barcelona
BACKGROUND: The important increase in immigration during recent years has changed the epidemiology and control strategies for tuberculosis (TB) in many places. This study evaluates the effectiveness of intervention with community health workers (CHW) to improve contact tracing among immigrants. METH...
Autores principales: | Ospina, Jesús Edison, Orcau, Àngels, Millet, Juan-Pablo, Sánchez, Francesca, Casals, Martí, Caylà, Joan A |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22394990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-158 |
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