Twelve-monthly versus six-monthly radiological screening for active case-finding of tuberculosis: A randomised controlled trial

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Churchyard, Gavin J ^a,b   Fielding, Katherine ^b   Roux, Surita ^a   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^b   Chaisson, Richard E ^c   De Cock, Kevin M ^b   Hayes, Richard J ^b   Grant, Alison D ^b  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79251613745     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.139048     Document Type: Article

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