Use of the tuberculin skin test in children

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Enarson, Donald A ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; AGE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NORWAY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1342291363     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90025-5     Document Type: Review

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