Pre-immigration screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: The unanswered questions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 221-222

  Bhuniya, S ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BCG VACCINATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 58849126910     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141008     Document Type: Letter

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