A&E department: A missed opportunity for diagnosis of TB? [4]

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-365

  Smith, A ^a   Miller, R F ^b   Story, A ^c   Booth, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645563145     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.053637     Document Type: Letter

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4. Long R, Zielinsky M, Kunimoto D, et al. The emergency department is a determinant point of contact or tuberculosis patients prior to diagnosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002;6:332-9.