Tuberculosis infection and disease among asylum seekers in Norway : Screening and follow-up in public health care
Introduction About 80% of new tuberculosis (TB) cases in Norway occur among immigrants from high incidence countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, and most of them are infected on arrival. Tuberculosis screening of immigrants from such countries is compulsory with a Mantoux test of everybody...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin
2011
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-12162 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-82-471-2530-4 (printed ver.) http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-82-471-2531-1 (electronic ver.) |