Post-migration screening for active tuberculosis in Victoria, Australia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-54

  Flynn, Michael ^a   Brown, L ^b   Tesfai, A ^a   Lauer, T ^b  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Immigration; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VICTORIA;

EID: 84555220660     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0565     Document Type: Article

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