The importance of providing counselling and financial support to patients receiving treatment for multi-drug resistant TB: Mixed method qualitative and pilot intervention studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Baral, Sushil C ^a   Aryal, Yeshoda ^a   Bhattrai, Rekha ^a   King, Rebecca ^b   Newell, James N ^b  

^a Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892457390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-46     Document Type: Article

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