Radiographic screening for tuberculosis in a large urban county jail

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 330-334

  Puisis, Michael ^a   Feinglass, Joe ^b   Lidow, Eugene ^a   Mansour, Mohamed ^a  

^a Cermak Health Services   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS CHEST X-RAY; PRISONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029799624     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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