Prospective 1-year follow-up study of all cured, new sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_143_19