Chest radiography and tuberculosis case-finding in asymptomatic native and immigrant populations in Greece

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 865-869

  Magkanas, E ^a   Drakonaki, Eleni E ^a   Voloudaki, A ^a   Nerantzoulakis, I ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Immigration; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 23744482112     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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