Quality of sputum smear microscopy in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 502-506

  Chiang, Chen Yuan ^a   Rieder, Hans L ^a   Kim, Sang Jae ^a   Kam, Kai Man ^b   Dawson, David ^c   Lin, Tao Pin ^d   Luh, Kwen Tay ^d  

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

^b Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

^c National Tuberculosis Association ^*

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laboratory techniques and procedures; Microscopy; Quality assurance, health care; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; TRAINING; CYTODIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 24944514617     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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