Bottlenecks and recommendations for the incorporation of new technologies in the tuberculosis laboratory network in Brazil;Gargalos e recomendações para a incorporação de novas tecnologias na rede pública laboratorial de tuberculose no Brasil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 766-770

  Telles, Maria Alice da Silva ^a   Menezes, Alexandre ^b   Trajman, Anete ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Global Health Strategies   (Brazil)

^c GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory information systems; Laboratories; Quality control; Technology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872242450     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132012000600013     Document Type: Article

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