Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in the prison population of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Introduction: Tuberculosis is the major cause of health problems among communicable diseases and predominates as an etiology in cases of death from a single infectious agent. In the prison environment, this is even more evident, as overcrowding, poor nutrition, drug consumption and the coexistence...
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| Main Authors: | Marcos Vinicius Teixeira Martins, Márcio Cesário Cunha Sobrinho, Gabriel Machado de Souza, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Población y Salud en Mesoamérica |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/50840 |
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