Barriers to tuberculosis care: A qualitative study among Somali pastoralists in Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gele, Abdi A ^a,b   Sagbakken, Mette ^b   Abebe, Fekadu ^b   Bjune, Gunnar A ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 77950802761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-86     Document Type: Article

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