Magnitude and determinants of adverse treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients registered under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program in a Tuberculosis Unit, Wardha, Central India: A record-based cohort study
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Study on outcome of the treatment of tuberculosis patients registered under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme – DOTS strategy
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2210-6014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2017.02.002