One year of tuberculosis in Auckland

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1021, 1996, Pages 164-167

  Calder, Lester ^a   Priest, Patricia ^a  

^a Auckland Healthcare ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030578034     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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