The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway.

Harstad, Ingunn; Jacobsen, Geir W; Heldal, Einar; Winje, Brita A; Vahedi, Saeed; Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Steinshamn, Sigurd L; Garåsen, Helge

Harstad, Ingunn; Jacobsen, Geir W; Heldal, Einar; Winje, Brita A; Vahedi, Saeed; Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Steinshamn, Sigurd L; Garåsen, Helge.

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Harstad I; Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, MTFS, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. ingunn.harstad@ntnu.no

BMC Public Health ; 10: 670, 2010 Nov 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21050453

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Mass Screening; Refugees; Tuberculosis/diagnosis; Adolescent; Adult; Afghanistan/ethnology; Europe, Eastern/ethnology; Female; Humans; Iraq/ethnology; Male; Middle Aged; Norway/epidemiology; Somalia/ethnology; Tuberculosis/epidemiology; Tuberculosis/ethnology; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Refugees / Tuberculosis / Mass Screening Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia / Europa Language: En Journal: BMC Public Health Journal subject: SAUDE PUBLICA Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Norway

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