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European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1838-1839

  Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Lönnroth, Knut ^a   Getahun, Haileyesus ^a   Falzon, Dennis ^a   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84948978122     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01179-2015     Document Type: Letter

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