Case finding for pulmonary tuberculosis. Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 523-527

  Harries, A D ^a,e   Kamenya, A ^a   Schoevers, M A ^b   Boeree, M J ^a   Nunn, P ^c   Salaniponi, F M ^d   Nyangulu, D S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e British High Commission   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Case finding; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SPUTUM;

ADULT; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031544086     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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