Screening of Asymptomatic Children for Tuberculosis. Is a Lateral Chest Radiograph Routinely Indicated?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-190

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Tracy, Donald A ^a   Eisenberg, Ronald L ^b   Arellano, Claudia Martinez Rios ^a   Mahmood, Soran A ^a   Cleveland, Robert H ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Children; School TB screening; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 78651103005     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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