Effectiveness of community-based directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in an urban setting in Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

• Publication date

  2004-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  PMID 15527158
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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