Active case-finding for TB in the community: Time to act

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9748, 2010, Pages 1205-1206

  Getahun, Haileyesus ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77957995916     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61503-6     Document Type: Note

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