Pulmonary Tuberculosis

نویسندگان

  • Anete Trajman
  • José R. Lapa e Silva
  • Margareth Dalcolmo
  • Jonathan E. Golub
چکیده

1 Gama Filho University, Rua Manoel Vitorino 553, Prédio AG, 5 andar, 20740-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2 Chest Institute, McGill University, 3650 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, PQ, Canada H2X 2P4 3 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco 255, 21941-913 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 4 Center for Global Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA 5 Centro de Referência Professor Helio Fraga, FIOCRUZ, Estrada de Curicica 2000, CEP 22780-192 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 6 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for TB Research, 1550 Orleans Street, CRB-2, Room 1M.10, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA

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دوره 2013  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013