New England Journal of Medicine
Volume 333, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 667-669

Immigrants and Tuberculosis (Letter)

Alboukrek D. , Hopewell P.C. , Mckenna M.T. , Mccray E. , Onorato I.M. , Iseman M.D. , Starke J.R.
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Abstract

To the Editor: As a recent legal immigrant to this country, I agree with Iseman and Starke (April 20 issue)1 that “refining immigration procedures” is the better of the two alternatives they propose. However, I disagree with their suggestion that improving the screening and evaluation procedures in the immigrants' countries of origin would have a substantial impact. First, it would be almost impossible for consulates, immigration officials, and health authorities in the United States to monitor the quality of laboratories and health personnel performing the screening tests in the many countries from which immigrants come. Second and more important, corruption. © 1995, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.

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World Health priority journal tuberculosis immigrant Emigration and Immigration Note high risk population Letter health United States human infection risk migration legal aspect
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DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199509073331017
ISSN: 00284793
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English