Controlling multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in India

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9563, 2007, Pages 741-742

  Gopinath, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Manisankar, M ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33847300065     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60358-4     Document Type: Letter

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