Time for a preventative strategy for TB in the UK: Further evidence for new entrant screening in primary care

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-306

  Kon, Onn Min ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

TUBERCULOSIS;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895925358     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204777     Document Type: Editorial

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