Revisiting sputum smear microscopy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 805-

  Trébucq, Arnaud ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3142774125     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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