The Cambridge declaration: Towards clinical trials for drug-resistant tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Espinal, Marcos ^a   Farmer, Paul ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58149386065     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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