Prevalence and predictors of default with tuberculosis treatment in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1076-1082

  Pinidiyapathirage, Janani ^a   Senaratne, Wijitha ^b   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Chest Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 56849132409     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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