Radiographic predictors of subsequent reactivation of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1136-1142

  Linh, N N ^a   Crawford, A B H ^a,b   Marks, Guy B ^a  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Screening; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NODULATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 35349003396     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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