Community-based active case finding for tuberculosis in rural western China: a cross-sectional study
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1027-3719
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0123