Periodic chest radiography: Unnecessary, expensive, but still pervasive

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9149, 1999, Pages 319-320

  Mangura, Bonita T ^a   Reichman, Lee B ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033018178     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10144-7     Document Type: Note

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