Costs for tuberculosis care in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Menzies, Dick ^a   Lewis, Megan ^a   Oxlade, Olivia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs for control; Public health costs; TB control; TB costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949106481     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405248     Document Type: Article

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