Roadmap for Tuberculosis Elimination in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed)

World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Maugeri Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italia.

Published: January 2018

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