An evaluation of chest X-ray in the context of community-based screening of child tuberculosis contacts

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1428-1434

  Triasih, R ^a,b   Robertson, C ^b   De Campo, J ^b   Duke, T ^b   Choridah, L ^a   Graham, S M ^b,c  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Child; Contact; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84948991995     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0201     Document Type: Article

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