CMAJ. 1993 Jun 1;148(11):1957-60.
There are 2 parts to this article. Part 1 is a preamble, jointly prepared by Immigration and Overseas Health Services, Medical Services Branch and the Bureau of Communicable Disease Epidemiology, LCDC, Department of National Health and Welfare, to provide background information regarding the medical assessment of immigrants prior to landing in Canada. Part 2 is a set of guidelines for the investigation of individuals who were placed under surveillance for tuberculosis post-landing in Canada. It was jointly prepared by the Canadian Thoracic Society, the Tuberculosis Directors of Canada and the Department of National Health and Welfare in consultation with the provincial and territorial epidemiologists and has been approved by the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian Thoracic Society.
本文分为两部分。第一部分是前言,由移民与海外健康服务部、医疗服务处以及国家卫生与福利部疾病控制与预防中心传染病流行病学局联合撰写,旨在提供有关移民登陆加拿大之前医学评估的背景信息。第二部分是一套针对在加拿大登陆后被监测是否感染结核病的个人的调查指南。该指南由加拿大胸科学会、加拿大结核病主任以及国家卫生与福利部在与各省和地区的流行病学家协商后联合制定,并已获得加拿大肺脏协会和加拿大胸科学会的批准。