Drug supply shortages in 2010: The inexcusable failure of global tuberculosis control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-254

  Rusen, I D ^a   Harries, A D ^a   Heldal, E ^b   MacE C ^b  

^a Department of Tuberculosis ^*  (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77949515267     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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