Tuberculosis in the world, and in Japan

Kekkaku

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 623-629

  Aoki, Masakazu ^a  

^a FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

TB control; Tb in japan; Tb in the world; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 39049176705     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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