Socioeconomic status and biomedical risk factors in migrants and native tuberculosis patients in Italy.

Socioeconomic status and biomedical risk factors in migrants and native tuberculosis patients in Italy.

Action on social determinants is a main component of the World Health Organization End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy. The aim of the study was to collect information on socioeconomic characteristics and biomedical risk factors in migrant TB patients in Italy and compare it with data collected among Ita...

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Main Authors: Silvia Pittalis, Pierluca Piselli, Silvia Contini, Gina Gualano, Mario Giuseppe Alma, Marina Tadolini, Pavilio Piccioni, Marialuisa Bocchino, Alberto Matteelli, Stefano Bonora, Antonio Di Biagio, Fabio Franzetti, Sergio Carbonara, Andrea Gori, Giovanni Sotgiu, Fabrizio Palmieri, Giuseppe Ippolito, Enrico Girardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734730?pdf=render

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