RNTCP and tuberculosis control - High time to act
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Time to act to prevent and control tuberculosis among inmates.
* World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark; † International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India; ‡ Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, § PharmAccess Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ¶ Ministry of Justice, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan; # University of Malaya, Kuala Lum...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.68303