Tuberculosis: think globally and act locally

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9572, 2007, Pages 1493-1494

  Mant, David ^a   Mayon White, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Directorate of Public Health and Health Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 34247558021     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60684-9     Document Type: Note

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