Silicosis, tuberculosis time bomb?

Vitor Emanuel Cabral Melo Pereira (Rio Tinto, Portugal), Vitor Emanuel Cabral Melo Pereira, Luis Baia, Rita Gaio, Raquel Duarte

Source: International Congress 2016 – Tuberculosis: the elderly, the diabetic, the unusual, and the severe
Session: Tuberculosis: the elderly, the diabetic, the unusual, and the severe
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2663
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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