Universal tuberculosis control targets: Not so smart

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 923-924

  Matthys, F ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^a   Van Deun, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPUTUM SMEAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69149100460     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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