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Occupational Tuberculosis Among Laboratory Workers in South Africa: Applying a Surveillance System to Strengthen Prevention and Control

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is recognized as an important health risk for health workers, however, the absence of occupational health surveillance has created knowledge gaps regarding occupational infection rates and contributing factors. This study aimed to determine the rates and contributing fa...

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Autores principales:	Garnett, Jennica, Jones, David, Chin, Graham, Spiegel, Jerry M., Yassi, Annalee, Naicker, Nisha
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32106466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051462

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