Progress of DOTS in global tuberculosis control

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9514, 2006, Pages 951-952

  Sharma, S K ^a   Liu, J J ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; DEATH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644995903     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68391-8     Document Type: Review

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