The Planning of a Tuberculosis Survey to Determine the Morbidity Rate (With Special Reference to Indian Conditions)
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The Tuberculosis Survey Sub-Committee of the Indian Research Fund Association recommends in their report (1940) the selection of communities or areas for a study of ' infection, resistance, morbidity or mortality' (type II survey) on the results of a preliminary extensive type I survey intended primarily to ascertain the distribution of tuberculosis infection by the tuberculin test. When either by this procedure or for other reasons a community or an area
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