Tuberculosis: The Effect of Limited Screening Program on the Epidemiology of TB

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Abdul, SafaaAziz Alkhawaja ^a   Al, Saeed HasanSafaar ^a   Al, Ahmed AbdulazizOmran ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 84864367975     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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