Understanding pretreatment loss to follow-up of tuberculosis patients: an explanatory qualitative study in Chennai, India
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Pretreatment loss to follow-up of tuberculosis patients in Chennai, India: a cohort study with implications for health systems strengthening
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Global Health
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2059-7908
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001974