Tuberculosis: Value of lateral chest radiography in pre-employment screening of patients with positive purified protein derivative skin test results

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 882-887

  Eisenberg, Ronald L ^a   Romero, Janneth ^a   Litmanovich, Diana ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70349273815     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2523082019     Document Type: Article

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