Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening in health care workers is not robust

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1336-

  Mancuso, James ^a   Niebuhr, David ^b   Krauss, Margot R ^b   Dabbs, Clifton ^b   Anderson, Katherine ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BLOOD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67749089181     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.211     Document Type: Letter

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