Usefulness of screening large numbers of contacts for tuberculosis: Questionnaire based review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7109, 1997, Pages 651-

  Stoddart, Helen ^a   Noah, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9844264866     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7109.651     Document Type: Article

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