Time to act to prevent and control tuberculosis among inmates.
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* World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark; † International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India; ‡ Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, § PharmAccess Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ¶ Ministry of Justice, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan; # University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; ** AIDS Foundation East-West, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
دوره 17 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013