Nonlinear pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis among migrants at entry in Kuwait: 1997–2006
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Nonlinear pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis among migrants at entry in Kuwait: 1997–2006
BACKGROUND There is a paucity of published data on the pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis among migrant workers entering Middle Eastern countries particularly Kuwait. The objectives of this study were to use routine health surveillance data i) to estimate the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among migrant workers at entry in Kuwait and ii) to determine the occurrence of any time trends in th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-264