Effect of delay in diagnosis on the rate of tuberculosis among close contacts of tuberculosis patients;Impact du délai diagnostique sur le taux de tuberculose chez les contacts rapprochés des patients tuberculeux

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 837-842

  Aldhubhani, A H N ^a   Mohamed Izham, M I ^b   Pazilah, I ^a   Anaam, M S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b University of Qatar ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926383724     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.10.837     Document Type: Article

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