Can we improve the return rate for tuberculin skin test readings?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-

  Jacono, Kari M ^b   O'Riordan, Mary Ann ^b   Furman, Lydia ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOTIVATION; OHIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 29944442107     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.1.106-a     Document Type: Short Survey

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