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. 2002 Dec;92(12):1942-5.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.12.1942.

Public health impact of targeted tuberculosis screening in public schools

Soju Chang  1 , Lani S M Wheeler, Katherine P Farrell
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Public health impact of targeted tuberculosis screening in public schools

Soju Chang et al. Am J Public Health. 2002 Dec.
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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
—Flowchart of tuberculin skin test (TST) screening and clinical follow-up among foreign-born students: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1993–1998. Note. Numbers of students are given in parentheses. AAC DOH=Anne Arundel County Department of Health; CXR=chest x-ray; TB=tuberculosis; LTBI=latent TB infection.
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