Low yield of chest radiography in a large tuberculosis screening program

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 998-1004

  Eisenberg, Ronald L ^a   Pollock, Nira R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PLEURA DISEASE; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77956102067     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100485     Document Type: Article

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