Factors Associated with Treatment Failure among Smear Positive TB Patients in Khorasan-e-Razavi and Sistan-Baluchistan Provinces, Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2146-3158
DOI: 10.5799/jmid.328927