On the role of chest CT scanning in a TB outbreak investigation

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-

  Marais, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78651454744     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1775     Document Type: Letter

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