Tuberculosis control and the private sector in a low incidence setting in Argentina;Control de la tuberculosis y sector privado en un sitio de baja incidencia de Argentina

Revista de Salud Publica

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 370-382

  Dato, María I ^a   Imaz, María S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Argentina (source: MeSH; Attitude; Health knowledge; NLM); Practice; Private sector; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649121217     PISSN: 01240064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0124-00642009000300006     Document Type: Article

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