Tuberculosis diagnostics: Test developers' FAQs

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 570-571

  Pai, Madhukar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDAQUILINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMERCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84876838368     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0036     Document Type: Editorial

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