Relative Values in Tuberculosis Case Finding
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Tuberculosis Case Finding and Supervision *
The control of tuberculosis has been an accepted objective in public health practice for many years. If present-day knowledge of the disease could be utilized to its fullest, the rate of decline would be accelerated appreciably. Present-day facilities are of little value unless the public will readily and willingly cooperate with the public health agency in utilizing this knowledge. Since Koch ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1934
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.24.5.511