Are children with tuberculosis in Pakistan managed according to National programme policy guidelines? A study from 3 districts in Punjab

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Safdar, Nauman ^a,b   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^b,d   Baloch, Noor Ahmed ^c   Enarson, Donald A ^d   Khan, Muhammad Amir ^a   Morkve, Odd ^b  

^a Association for Social Development   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c National TB Control Programme Pakistan   (Pakistan)

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

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EID: 78649466504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-324     Document Type: Article

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