Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis and LTBI
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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J. K. Quint, M. Ali, S. Ansari, J. Keane, D. Eraut (Essex, United Kingdom). Tuberculosis screening in immigrants - is it worth doing?. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 3142

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