Contact tracing and population screening for tuberculosis - Who should be assessed?

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-61

  Underwood, Benjamin R ^a   White, Veronica L C ^a   Baker, Tim ^b   Law, Malcolm ^c   Moore Gillon, John C ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Newham Chest Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Cost effectiveness; Immigrants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STATE MEDICINE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037344687     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg012     Document Type: Article

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