When is referral of Heaf test positive schoolchildren worth while? Prospective study

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7059, 1996, Pages 726-727

  Booth, Helen ^a   Jessen, E Christina ^a   Hendrick, David J ^a   Pollitt, Christine ^b   Cant, Andrew J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029786008     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7059.726     Document Type: Article

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