Sensibility and speficity of the BCG scar reading;Sensibilidade e especificidade da leitura da cicatriz vacinal do BCG

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-259

  Pereira, Susan Martins ^a   Bierrenbach, Anna L ^b   Dourado, Inês ^a   Barreto, Maurício L ^a   Yury Ichihara, Maria ^a   Hijjar, Miguel A ^c   Rodrigues, L C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BCG vaccine; Cicatrix; Cross sectional studies; Reproducibility of results; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0038077231     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000200015     Document Type: Article

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