Yield of interview screening and chest X-ray abnormalities in a tuberculosis prevalence survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 762-767

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Cobelens, F G J ^b   Sy, D N ^a   Nhung, N V ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^c,d   Tiemersma, E W ^b,e  

^a National Tuberculosis Programme Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Screening; Tuberculosis; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIET NAM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84861112907     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0581     Document Type: Article

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