RS1 COST EFFECTIVENESS OF QUANTIFERON IN SCREENING FOR TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN CLOSE CONTACTS IN JAPAN
β Scribed by A Kowada; O Takahashi; T Shimbo; Y Tokuda; S Ohde; H Yanai; M Rahman; T Fukui
- Book ID
- 118608125
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
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