Factors related to early case detection of tuberculosis in health service facilities for the elderly

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 435-442

  Ohmori, Masako ^a   Wada, Masako ^a   Yoshiyama, Takashi ^a   Uchimura, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early case detection; Elderly; Health service facility for the elderly; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; DAY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LASSITUDE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037633104     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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