Pre-immigration screening for pulmonary tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 701-702

  Mor, Z ^a   Lerman, Y ^c,d   Leventhal, A ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VALIDITY;

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

EID: 61649085300     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00149908     Document Type: Letter

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