The use of a geographical information system (GIS) to evaluate the distribution of tuberculosis in a high-incidence community.

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

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  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine

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  PMID 8685780
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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