Delay in diagnosis of tuberculosis in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Saqib, Muhammad A N ^a   Awan, Irum N ^a   Rizvi, Syed K A ^a   Shahzad, Mirza I ^a   Mirza, Zahid S ^a   Tahseen, Sabira ^b   Khan, Imran H ^c   Khanum, Azra ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Program   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79957525597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-165     Document Type: Article

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