Are routine chest X-rays for students entering university worthwhile?

Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 154-156

  Sebro, Kirby ^a   Rolle, Steven ^a   Gray, Sharmaine ^a   Seecharan, Samantha ^a   Thompson, Karis ^a   Weerasena Nedd, Kaushalya ^a   Teelucksingh, Surujpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Public health screening; Students; Tuberculosis; University

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; STUDENTS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035713322     PISSN: 13205455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1762.2001.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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