Delays in the suspicion and treatment of tuberculosis among hospitalized patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 404-411

  Rao, Venkatarama K ^a,b   Iademarco, Elizabeth P ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033514964     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-5-199903020-00004     Document Type: Article

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