Evaluation of active tuberculosis case finding through symptom screening and sputum microscopy of close contacts in Shandong, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1511-1517

  Zhang, Xiulei ^a   Wei, Xiaolin ^b,c   Zou, Guanyang ^c   Walley, John ^c   Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Guo, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhu, Li ^a   Liu, Zhimin ^a  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active case finding; China; Contact screening; Rural; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; MICROSCOPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THERAPY DELAY;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 81255127358     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02869.x     Document Type: Article

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