Contact investigations: How do they need to be designed for the 21st century?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1016-1017

  Weis, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NOTE;

CONTACT TRACING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037108542     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2207007     Document Type: Editorial

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