Use of chest radiography in the 22 highest tuberculosis burden countries

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1816-1819

  Pande, Tripti ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Khan, Faiz Ahmad ^b   Denkinger, Claudia M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CHINA; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBERIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84949008664     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01064-2015     Document Type: Letter

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