Can tuberculosis patients in resource-constrained settings afford chest radiography?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Pedrazzoli, Debora ^a   Lalli, Marek ^a   Boccia, Delia ^a   Houben, Rein ^a   Kranzer, Katharina ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 85026229086     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01877-2016     Document Type: Letter

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