Evaluation of a risk asessment questionnaire used to target tuberculin skin testing in children

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 451-453

  Ozuah, Philip O ^a   Ozuah, Theresa P ^a,b   Stein, Ruth E K ^a   Burton, William ^b   Mulvihill, Michael ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035941453     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.4.451     Document Type: Article

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