Screening for tuberculosis: The port of arrival scheme compared with screening in general practice and the homeless

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-49

  Bothamley, Graham H ^a,c   Rowan, J P ^a   Griffiths, C J ^b,c   Beeks, M ^b   McDonald, M ^b   Beasley, E ^b   Van den Bosch, C ^d   Feder, G ^b,c  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lower Clapton Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036144686     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.1.45     Document Type: Article

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