Measuring workload for tuberculosis service provision at primary care level: a methodology

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Blok, Lucie ^a   van den Hof, Susan ^b,c   Mfinanga, Sayoki G ^d   Kahwa, Amos ^d   Ngadaya, Esther ^d   Oey, Liesbeth ^b   Dieleman, Marjolein ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84861436284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-11     Document Type: Article

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