Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 79-80 , March 2010

Prevention and control of tuberculosis during air travel

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.04.005

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 79-80 , March 2010

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