Application of lot sampling of sputum AFB smears for the of microscopy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-309

  Selvakumar, Nagamiah ^a   Prabhakaran, E ^a   Murthy, B N ^a   Sivagamasundari, S ^a   Vasanthan, S ^a   Govindaraju, R ^b   Perumal, M ^b   Wares, F ^c   Chauhan, L S ^d   Santha, T ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b World Health Organization ^*

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

AFB; Lot sampling; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Quality control; Sputum smears

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 20144384379     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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