Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950–1963: an epidemiological analysis of historical data

MacPherson, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-9613, Stagg, H.R., Schwalb, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-9719 et al. (8 more authors) (2024) Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950–1963: an epidemiological analysis of historical data. PLOS Medicine, 21 (11). e1004448. ISSN 1549-1277

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  • Suthar, A.B.
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© 2024 MacPherson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Keywords: Tuberculosis; Epidemiology; Health screening; Tuberculosis diagnosis and management; Age groups; Public and occupational health; Scotland; Vaccination and immunization
Dates:
  • Published: 5 November 2024
  • Published (online): 5 November 2024
  • Accepted: 3 October 2024
  • Submitted: 17 July 2024
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health
Depositing User: Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2024 15:35
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2024 15:35
Status: Published
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004448
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