Diagnostic accuracy of digital chest radiography for pulmonary tuberculosis in a UK urban population

Abubakar I, Story A, Lipman M, Bothamley G, van Hest R, Andrews N, Watson J. M, Hayward A.

Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 35: 689-692
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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