Tuberculosis as a Public Health Problem in India
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HEiLTH PROBLEM IN INDIA 1^1 T p'>CEfis?,sis is one of the most urgent tubero l problems in India. Although in .UJ?sis is by no means a new disease of j country, at no time in the history devasf f. has it been so widespread and so i^s effects as it is at the present ?Vei" fh development of industries all e country and the introduction of rapid modes of transport, with the ever-increasing immigration of the people from the rural to the urban and industrial areas in search of work, and with the insanitary conditions and low standards of living that prevail, the disease has made rapid strides, within the last two decades. It is now not only prevalent in most of the towns in India but also in many rural areas. It is estimated by some workers
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دوره 76 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1941