Tuberculosis testing: Physician attitudes and practice

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 682-685

  Cheng, Tina L ^a,b,c   Miller, Eliana B ^a   Ottolini, Mary ^a,b   Brasseux, Cynthia ^a   Rosenquist, Glenn ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029902161     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170320028004     Document Type: Article

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