Is premigration health screening for tuberculosis worthwhile?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 534-537

  King, Kathleen ^a   Douglas, Paul J ^a   Beath, Ken ^b  

^a Department of Immigration and Citizenship ^*  (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRATION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; STUDENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; ASIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; STUDENTS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85047688125     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11395     Document Type: Article

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