Screening of new entrants for tuberculosis: Responses to port notifications

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Hogan, Helen ^a   Coker, Richard ^b   Gordon, Alex ^c   Meltzer, Margie ^c   Pickles, Hilary ^a,c  

^a Aneurin Bevan House ^*  (United Kingdom)

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

^c Hillingdon Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New entrant; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MASS CHEST X-RAY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 21644484060     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi019     Document Type: Article

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