Quality Control of Sputum Smears Examination by Re-Reading in a Tuberculosis Screening
"nBackground: Sputum smear examination is the basis of diagnosis of tuberculosis and quality control for the correct diagno­sis of tuberculosis is necessary. This study was a method survey and performed with 930 smears with the aim to compare the confidence rate of sputum smear...
Main Authors: | F Majlessi, A Sekhavati, K Qazi Saeedi, A Poorreza |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2008-12-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12383.pdf&manuscript_id=12383 |
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