Picking up the pace - Scale-up of MDR tuberculosis treatment programs

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1781-1784

  Keshavjee, Salmaan ^a   Farmer, Paul E ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78049499892     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1010023     Document Type: Short Survey

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