Development and evaluation of tuberculosis screening scores in Brazilian prisons

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 976-983

  Fournet, N ^a   Sanchez, A ^b   Massari, V ^a   Penna, L ^c   Natal, S ^c   Biondi, E ^b   Larouze B ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Secretaria de Administracao Penitenciaria do Estado do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Control; Prisons; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE SPREAD; ENDEMISM; PRISONER DILEMMA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X-RAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749240578     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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