Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and public health [3]

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1861-

  Brewer, Timothy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35448931135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.16.1861-a     Document Type: Letter

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