Progress towards tuberculosis elimination: secular trend, immigration and transmission
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Progress towards tuberculosis elimination: secular trend, immigration and transmission.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00155409