Feasibility of an emergency department-based tuberculosis counseling and screening program

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-231

  Kirsch, Thomas D ^a   Chanmugam, Arjun ^b,c   Keyl, Penelope ^b   Regan, Linda A ^b   Shahan, Judy ^b   Hexter, David A ^b   Kelen, Gabor D ^b  

^a MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Emergency department; Public health; Screening program; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0033052920     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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