Chest radiography for tuberculosis screening is back on the agenda

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1421-1422

  Iademarco, Michael F ^a   O'Grady, Justin ^b   Lönnroth, Knut ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867199116     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0774     Document Type: Editorial

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