Tuberculosis

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Minnesota Department of Public Health (2010). Minnesota Refugee Health Provider Guide: Tuberculosis. Retrieved from: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/refugee/guide/4tb.pdf

Rizk H (2012) Identification of factors affecting completion of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment among Refugees in Philadelphia [Master’s thesis]. Philadelphia (PA): Thomas Jefferson University
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van der Oest, C., Chenhall, R., Hood, D., & Kelly, P. (2005). Talking about TB: multicultural diversity and tuberculosis services in Waikato, New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1216), 1-12WHO (2012) Tuberculosis Fact Sheet. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/

Wieland, M.L., Weis, J. a, Yawn, B.P., Sullivan, S.M., Millington, K.L., Smith, C.M., Bertram, S., et al. (2012). Perceptions of tuberculosis among immigrants and refugees at an adult education center: a community-based participatory research approach.. Journal of immigrant and minority health/ Center for Minority Public Health, 14(1), 14-22. doi: 10.1007/s/10903-010-9391-z

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