Why internationally adopted children should be screened for tuberculosis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-173

  Long, Richard ^a,b   Boffa, Jody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Aberhart Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOTE; ORPHANAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547212311     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070252     Document Type: Note

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