Targeted Active Case Finding in Household Contacts of Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients in a High Incidence Urban Setting
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A household survey on screening practices of household contacts of smear positive tuberculosis patients in Vietnam
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.903