Rethinking TB screening: Politics, practicalities and the press

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 663-665

  Moore Gillon, J ^a   Davies, Peter D O ^b   Ormerod, L Peter ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956044358     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.132373     Document Type: Editorial

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