Microscopy quality control in Médecins Sans Frontières Programs in resource-limited settings

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Klarkowski, Derryck B ^a   Orozco, Juan Daniel ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SHORT SURVEY; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 75749087206     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000206     Document Type: Short Survey

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